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18th meridian west

The meridian 18° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic Ocean, the Canary Islands, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 18th meridian west forms a great circle with the 162nd meridian east.

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18th meridian west

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The 18th meridian west forms a great circle with the 162nd meridian east. Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 18th meridian...

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18th meridian

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18th meridian may refer to: 18th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian 18th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the...

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Prime meridian

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the 18th century. In 1634, Cardinal Richelieu used the westernmost island of the Canaries, El Hierro, 19° 55' west of Paris, as the choice of meridian. The...

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18th meridian east

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The 18th meridian east forms a great circle with the 162nd meridian west. Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 18th meridian...

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17th meridian west

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meridian east. Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 17th meridian west passes through: 16th meridian west 18th meridian west...

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19th meridian west

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meridian east. Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 19th meridian west passes through: 18th meridian west 20th meridian west...

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162nd meridian east

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162nd meridian east forms a great circle with the 18th meridian west. Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 162nd meridian east...

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162nd meridian west

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162nd meridian west forms a great circle with the 18th meridian east. Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 162nd meridian west...

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19th meridian east

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meridian west. Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 19th meridian east passes through: 18th meridian east 20th meridian east...

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17th meridian east

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meridian west. Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 17th meridian east passes through: 16th meridian east 18th meridian east...

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Longitude

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Great Britain. Positive longitudes are east of the prime meridian, and negative ones are west. Because of the Earth's rotation, there is a close connection...

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International Date Line

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exactly. In other places, however, the IDL deviates east or west away from that meridian. These various deviations generally accommodate the political...

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Meridian arc

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meridian arc is the curve between two points on the Earth's surface having the same longitude. The term may refer either to a segment of the meridian...

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Charlotte Hawkins

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television and radio presenter, newsreader and journalist. Hawkins joined ITV's Meridian Tonight in 2003, hosting its main news programme, leaving in 2006 to become...

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Meridian circle

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The meridian circle is an instrument for timing of the passage of stars across the local meridian, an event known as a culmination, while at the same...

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Ming Palace

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airstrip resulted in the demolition of the two protruding arms of the Meridian Gate, the impressive former front gate of the Ming Palace complex. No building...

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District of Alberta

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north. On the east, the line between the 10th and 11th ranges west of the fourth meridian of the Dominion Land Survey. This line, now designated Range...

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Latitude

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Newton's result was confirmed by geodetic measurements in the 18th century. (See Meridian arc.) An oblate ellipsoid is the three-dimensional surface generated...

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American frontier

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the American West as lands west of the 98th meridian or 98° west longitude," and that other definitions of the region "include all lands west of the Mississippi...

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Mercator projection

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standard line then coincides with a meridian and its opposite meridian, giving a constant scale factor along those meridians and making the projection useful...

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Longitude by chronometer

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west of Greenwich, established by the English as the Prime Meridian. The desperate need for an accurate chronometer was finally met in the mid 18th century...

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17th parallel north

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11 hours, 7 minutes during the winter solstice. Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 17° north passes through: The Seventeenth...

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The Clock Towers

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to Mecca Time, in an attempt to replace the IERS Reference Meridian as the prime meridian for global time keeping, but the clock is set to Arabia Standard...

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