Why is the prime meridian loacted where it is?

Answer 1

"Ice" hit the answer pretty close... the U.K. was a major world seafaring power in the 1800s when the Prime Meridian was established for navigational purposes.

If Japan had been one of the major powers back in those days, maybe the line would have passed through Tokyo.

It was all based on international politics of the day, no other natural reason.

Answer 2

The Prime Meridian is the Meridian of longitude that passes through the Royal Greenwich Observatory in England.It has been fixed by international agreement. The Greenwich Meridian established by Sir George Airy in 1851 was agreed upon as the international standard in October 1884. At the behest of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur, 41 delegates from 25 nations met in Washington, D.C., USA, for the International Meridian Conference. France abstained when the vote was taken, and French maps continued to use the Paris Meridian for several decades

Answer 3

Because the British and their friends had more votes at the International Meridian Conference, October 1884 in Washington, D.C. At the time, about 72% of the ships at sea used the Greenwich meridian, and the other 28% used ten different initial meridians

The resolution fixing the meridian at Greenwich, was passed 22–1 (San Domingo, now the Dominican Republic, voted against); France and Brazil abstained. The French did not adopt the Greenwich meridian until 1911.

The countries were: Austria-Hungary, Brazil, Chili, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Denmark (absent for most of the conference), France, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Hawaii (a separate country back then), Italy, Japan, Liberia, Mexico, Netherlands, Paraguay, Russia, Salvador, San Domingo, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States, and Venezuela.

Answer 4

People have explained where the prime meridian is but no one seems to have explained why it is located there. The prime meridian is located in Greenwich because back when the line was made, England decided that to put their country on top and make everything revolve around them by making the base line right through their country.

Answer 5

he Prime Meridian, also known as the International Meridian or Greenwich Meridian, is the meridian (line of longitude) passing through the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London — it is the meridian at which longitude is defined to be 0 degrees.

Answer 6

Look on a map or globe that includes Greenwich England. The prime meridian is defined as running through there.

Answer 7

The Prime Meridian runs through Greenwich, U.K. Thus, that set the standard for the world's longitudes.

Answer 8

The prime meridian indicates 0 degrees longitude. It is an imaginary line that runs through the United Kingdom, France, Spain, western Africa, and Antarctica.

I suggest you review your geography lessons.