Statements (22)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
prime meridian
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gptkbp:alternativeName |
gptkb:Prime_Meridian
0° longitude |
gptkbp:coordinates |
NAD83
WGS84 |
gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:established |
1884
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gptkbp:establishedBy |
International Meridian Conference
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gptkbp:historicalEvent |
adopted as international standard in 1884
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Greenwich prime meridian
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gptkbp:locatedIn |
gptkb:Greenwich,_London,_England
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gptkbp:longitude |
0°
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gptkbp:passesThrough |
gptkb:Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich
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gptkbp:replacedBy |
gptkb:Paris_meridian
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gptkbp:significance |
divides Eastern and Western Hemispheres
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gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite |
gptkb:Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich
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gptkbp:usedBy |
most countries worldwide
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gptkbp:usedFor |
basis for Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
reference for Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) reference for global longitude |
gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Sir_George_Airy
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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