Longitude | All about Greenwich

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Finding the longitude

 Longitude is the lines on a map or a globe that run from north to south. It is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface.By convention, one of these, the Prime Meridian, which passes through the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, England, establishes the position of zero degrees longitude.

 Let's know how to express longitude.For example, Akasi is located at one hundred thirty five dgrees of east longitude.

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