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Tenerife meridian information


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The Tenerife meridian was the prime meridian of choice for Dutch cartographers and navigators from the 1640s until the beginning of the 19th century.[1] It lies at 16° 38′ 22″ W of the current international prime meridian, the IERS Reference Meridian through Greenwich.

  1. ^ The History of La Palma, website "Isaac Newton Group" (observatory), retrieved 2 February 2015.

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