Prime Meridian Definition

Prime Meridian Sentence Examples

• Longitude moved east and west from the prime meridian.

• Following Hipparchus he divided the equator into 360 drawing his prime meridian through the Fortunate Islands (Canaries).

• The 1884 International Prime Meridian Conference established an international standard time system.

• He was British delegate to the International Prime Meridian Conference at Washington in 1884, when he also attended the meetings of the British Association at Montreal and of the American Association at Philadelphia.

• Azores The Island of St Mary in the Azores was used to define the prime meridian by Christopher Saxton, 1584.