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The prime meridian goes east to south, as the equator runs east to west. The prime meridian is used as 12:00AM on a time zone map
Yes and no! The Prime Meridian is the technical term for the line of longitude (0º) which passes through Greenwich, UK.
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This is called the Prime meridian, it passes through Greenwich, England.
The prime meridian and the equator are alike because they are both invisible lines that split the earth in half. The equator is horizontal (side to side) and the prime meridian is vertical (up and down). The equator divides the Northern and Southern Hemisphere and the Prime Meridian divides the Western and Eastern Hemisphere.
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Both the Equator and the Prime Meridian act as starting points or 0 degrees, for angular measurements expressed in degrees Latitude and Longitude.
This is the Greenwich Meridian, the Prime Meridian of the World.
There is only a single Prime Meridian.
The prime meridian is at all latitudes.
Virginia is not in or on a prime meridian. There's only one "prime meridian" and it is in Greenwich, London, England.