2007-04-06 03:37:22 · 14 answers · asked by IshotJR 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
The prime meridian, which runs through Greenwich, England, is the line of 0 degrees longitude.
The Equator is 0 degrees latitude
2007-04-06 13:20:47 · answer #1 · answered by Imperator 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
0' Longitude is the Equator
0' Latitude is the Prime Meridian
The Prime Meridian goes right through England, so the intersection point is somewhere in the ocean just south of west Africa.
2007-04-06 03:50:51 · answer #2 · answered by bellusanimus 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Zero longitude passes through an observatory west of London. This was done arbitrarily.
Zero latitude is the equator.
2007-04-06 03:47:08 · answer #3 · answered by eric l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is a map showing it. Click on "zoom out" at the left of the map, to have a better view at a smaller scale.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&formtype=address&latlongtype=degrees&latdeg=0&latmin=0&latsec=0&longdeg=0&longmin=0&longsec=0
2007-04-06 04:30:18 · answer #4 · answered by misen55 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
0 longitude is the prime meridian which passes through greenwich,UK
0 latitude is the equator
they intersect north of tristan de cunha, atlantic ocean
The place is Gunbarrel Chaparral
2007-04-06 03:50:15 · answer #5 · answered by symidran 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its in the Atlantic Ocean Just west of Africa
2007-04-06 06:14:58 · answer #6 · answered by Grammar B*@%h 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santa Claus House
2007-04-06 03:40:12 · answer #7 · answered by Random Violence 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
type 0 0 in google earth and you will go there.
2007-04-06 04:34:34 · answer #8 · answered by gjmb1960 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's in the Atlantic, south of Ghana, at the equator. That's where the two zero-lines cross.
2007-04-06 03:54:13 · answer #9 · answered by les 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
at the Equator. in or near africa directly south of Greenwich England.
2007-04-06 03:46:11 · answer #10 · answered by David B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋