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article is about Earth's current international standard prime meridian. For the historical prime meridian, see <a href="/wiki/Prime_meridian_(Greenwich)" title="Prime meridian (Greenwich)">Prime meridian (Greenwich)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the general concept, see <a href="/wiki/Prime_meridian" title="Prime meridian">prime meridian</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="locmap noviewer noresize thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px"><div style="position:relative;width:300px;border:1px solid lightgray"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:World_location_map_(equirectangular_180).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Line across the Earth"><img alt="Line across the Earth" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/World_location_map_%28equirectangular_180%29.svg/300px-World_location_map_%28equirectangular_180%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/World_location_map_%28equirectangular_180%29.svg/450px-World_location_map_%28equirectangular_180%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/World_location_map_%28equirectangular_180%29.svg/600px-World_location_map_%28equirectangular_180%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2521" data-file-height="1260" /></a></span><div style="font-size:88%;line-height:1.2em;position:absolute;z-index:2;top:0;bottom:0;left:50%"><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;border-left: 1px solid red;width:1px;top:0;height:100%;"></div><div style="position: absolute; z-index: 4; left: 0.5em; text-align: left; top: 48%"><span style="background:#FFFFFF;padding:0 2px;color:black">0°</span></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:World_location_map_(equirectangular_180).svg" title="File:World location map (equirectangular 180).svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Modern IERS Reference Meridian on Earth</div></div></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Equator_and_Prime_Meridian.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Equator_and_Prime_Meridian.svg/300px-Equator_and_Prime_Meridian.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Equator_and_Prime_Meridian.svg/450px-Equator_and_Prime_Meridian.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Equator_and_Prime_Meridian.svg/600px-Equator_and_Prime_Meridian.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="853" data-file-height="433" /></a><figcaption>Countries that touch the <a href="/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">Equator</a> (red) and the Prime Meridian (blue)</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>IERS Reference Meridian</b> (<b>IRM</b>), also called the <b>International Reference Meridian</b>, is the <a href="/wiki/Prime_meridian" title="Prime meridian">prime meridian</a> (0° longitude) maintained by the <a href="/wiki/International_Earth_Rotation_and_Reference_Systems_Service" title="International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service">International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service</a> (IERS). It passes about 5.3 <a href="/wiki/Arcsecond" class="mw-redirect" title="Arcsecond">arcseconds</a> east of <a href="/wiki/George_Biddell_Airy" title="George Biddell Airy">George Biddell Airy</a>'s 1851 <a href="/wiki/Transit_circle" class="mw-redirect" title="Transit circle">transit circle</a> which is 102 metres (335 ft) at the <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitude</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich" title="Royal Observatory, Greenwich">Royal Observatory, Greenwich</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Malys2015_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malys2015-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RoyObs_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RoyObs-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus it differs slightly from the historical <a href="/wiki/Prime_meridian_(Greenwich)" title="Prime meridian (Greenwich)">Greenwich Meridian</a>. </p><p>It is the reference meridian of the <a href="/wiki/Global_Positioning_System" title="Global Positioning System">Global Positioning System</a> (GPS) operated by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a>, and of <a href="/wiki/WGS_84" class="mw-redirect" title="WGS 84">WGS 84</a> and its two formal versions, the ideal <a href="/wiki/International_Terrestrial_Reference_System_and_Frame" title="International Terrestrial Reference System and Frame">International Terrestrial Reference System</a> (ITRS) and its realization, the <a href="/wiki/International_Terrestrial_Reference_System_and_Frame" title="International Terrestrial Reference System and Frame">International Terrestrial Reference Frame</a> (ITRF). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=IERS_Reference_Meridian&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The most important reason for the 5.3 seconds of longitude offset between the IERS Reference Meridian and the Airy transit circle is that the observations with the transit circle were based on the <a href="/wiki/Vertical_deflection" title="Vertical deflection">local vertical</a>, while the IERS Reference is a <a href="/wiki/Geodetic_datum" title="Geodetic datum">geodetic longitude</a>, that is, the plane of the meridian contains the center of mass of the Earth.<sup id="cite_ref-Malys2015_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malys2015-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/International_Hydrographic_Organization" title="International Hydrographic Organization">International Hydrographic Organization</a> adopted an early version of the IRM in 1983 for all nautical charts.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was adopted for air navigation by the <a href="/wiki/International_Civil_Aviation_Organization" title="International Civil Aviation Organization">International Civil Aviation Organization</a> on 3 March 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Plate_tectonics" title="Plate tectonics">Tectonic plates</a> slowly move over the surface of Earth, so most countries have adopted for their maps an IRM version fixed relative to their own tectonic plate as it existed at the beginning of a specific year. Examples include the North American Datum 1983 (NAD83), the European Terrestrial Reference Frame 1989 (ETRF89), and the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94). Versions fixed to a tectonic plate differ from the global version by at most a few centimetres. </p><p>The IERS system is not quite fixed to any point attached to the Earth. For example, all points on the European portion of the Eurasian plate, including the Royal Observatory, are moving northeast at about 2.5 cm per year relative to it. The IRM is the weighted average (in the <a href="/wiki/Least_squares" title="Least squares">least squares</a> sense) of the reference meridians of the hundreds of ground stations contributing to the IERS network. The network includes GPS stations, <a href="/wiki/Satellite_laser_ranging" title="Satellite laser ranging">satellite laser ranging</a> (SLR) stations, <a href="/wiki/Lunar_laser_ranging" class="mw-redirect" title="Lunar laser ranging">lunar laser ranging</a> (LLR) stations, and the highly accurate <a href="/wiki/Very_long_baseline_interferometry" class="mw-redirect" title="Very long baseline interferometry">very long baseline interferometry</a> (VLBI) stations.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All stations' coordinates are adjusted annually to remove net rotation relative to the major tectonic plates. If earth had only two hemispherical plates moving relative to each other around any axis which intersects their centres or their junction, then the longitudes (around any other rotation axis) of any two, diametrically opposite, stations must move in opposite directions by the same amount. The <a href="/wiki/180th_meridian" title="180th meridian">180th meridian</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Meridian_(geography)" title="Meridian (geography)">meridian</a> at 180° both east and west of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_meridian#International_prime_meridian" title="Prime meridian">Prime Meridian</a>) is opposite the IERS Reference Meridian and forms a <a href="/wiki/Great_circle" title="Great circle">great circle</a> with it dividing the earth into <a href="/wiki/Western_Hemisphere" title="Western Hemisphere">Western Hemisphere</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Hemisphere" title="Eastern Hemisphere">Eastern Hemisphere</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Universal_Time" title="Universal Time">Universal Time</a> is notionally based on the prime meridian.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of changes in the rate of Earth's rotation, standard international time <a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a> can differ from the mean observed solar time at noon on the prime meridian by up to 0.9 of a second. <a href="/wiki/Leap_second" title="Leap second">Leap seconds</a> are inserted from time to time, to keep UTC close to Earth's angular position relative to the Sun; see <a href="/wiki/Mean_solar_time" class="mw-redirect" title="Mean solar time">mean solar time</a>. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_places">List of places</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=IERS_Reference_Meridian&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><div class="side-box metadata side-box-right"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><b>Map all coordinates using</b> <a class="external text" href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/osm4wiki/cgi-bin/wiki/wiki-osm.pl?project=en&article=IERS_Reference_Meridian">OpenStreetMap</a> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="show links" data-collapsetext="Hide"> <p><b>Download coordinates as:</b> </p> <div class="mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/kmlexport?article=IERS_Reference_Meridian">KML</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://geoexport.toolforge.org/gpx?coprimary=all&titles=IERS_Reference_Meridian">GPX (all coordinates)</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://geoexport.toolforge.org/gpx?coprimary=primary&titles=IERS_Reference_Meridian">GPX (primary coordinates)</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://geoexport.toolforge.org/gpx?coprimary=secondary&titles=IERS_Reference_Meridian">GPX (secondary coordinates)</a></li></ul> </div> </div></div></div> </div> <p>Starting at the <a href="/wiki/North_Pole" title="North Pole">North Pole</a> and heading south to the <a href="/wiki/South_Pole" title="South Pole">South Pole</a>, the IERS Reference Meridian passes through eight countries and three oceans (Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Southern Ocean): </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="125">Co-ordinates<br />(approximate) </th> <th scope="col">Country, territory or sea </th> <th scope="col">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=90_0_N_0_0_E_type:waterbody&title=North+Pole"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">90°0′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">90.000°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">90.000; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">North Pole</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Arctic_Ocean" title="Arctic Ocean">Arctic Ocean</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=85_46_N_0_0_E_type:waterbody&title=EEZ+of+Greenland+%28Denmark%29"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">85°46′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">85.767°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">85.767; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">EEZ of Greenland (Denmark)</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/EEZ" class="mw-redirect" title="EEZ">Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)</a> of <a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a>) </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=81_39_N_0_0_E_type:waterbody&title=Greenland+Sea"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">81°39′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">81.650°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">81.650; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Greenland Sea</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Greenland_Sea" title="Greenland Sea">Greenland Sea</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=80_29_N_0_0_E_type:waterbody&title=EEZ+of+Svalbard+%28Norway%29"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">80°29′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">80.483°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">80.483; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">EEZ of Svalbard (Norway)</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/EEZ" class="mw-redirect" title="EEZ">EEZ</a> of <a href="/wiki/Svalbard" title="Svalbard">Svalbard</a> (<a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>) </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=76_11_N_0_0_E_type:waterbody&title=International+waters"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">76°11′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">76.183°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">76.183; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">International waters</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/International_waters" title="International waters">International waters</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=73_44_N_0_0_E_type:waterbody&title=EEZ+of+Jan+Mayen"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">73°44′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">73.733°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">73.733; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">EEZ of Jan Mayen</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/EEZ" class="mw-redirect" title="EEZ">EEZ</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jan_Mayen" title="Jan Mayen">Jan Mayen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>) </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=72_53_N_0_0_E_type:waterbody&title=Norwegian+Sea"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">72°53′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">72.883°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">72.883; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Norwegian Sea</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Sea" title="Norwegian Sea">Norwegian Sea</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=69_7_N_0_0_E_type:waterbody&title=International+waters"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">69°7′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">69.117°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">69.117; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">International waters</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/International_waters" title="International waters">International waters</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=64_42_N_0_0_E_type:waterbody&title=EEZ+of+Norway"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">64°42′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">64.700°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">64.700; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">EEZ of Norway</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/EEZ" class="mw-redirect" title="EEZ">EEZ</a> of <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=63_29_N_0_0_E_type:waterbody&title=EEZ+of+Great+Britain"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">63°29′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">63.483°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">63.483; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">EEZ of Great Britain</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/EEZ" class="mw-redirect" title="EEZ">EEZ</a> of <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=61_0_N_0_0_E_type:waterbody&title=North+Sea"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">61°0′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">61.000°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">61.000; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">North Sea</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=53_46_N_0_0_E_type:country&title=United+Kingdom"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°46′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.767°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.767; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">United Kingdom</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> </th> <td>From <a href="/wiki/Tunstall,_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="Tunstall, East Riding of Yorkshire">Tunstall in East Riding</a> to <a href="/wiki/Peacehaven" title="Peacehaven">Peacehaven</a>, passing through <a href="/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich">Greenwich</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=50_47_N_0_0_E_type:waterbody&title=English+Channel"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°47′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.783°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">50.783; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">English Channel</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/EEZ" class="mw-redirect" title="EEZ">EEZ</a> of Great Britain </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=50_14_N_0_0_E_type:waterbody&title=EEZ+of+France"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°14′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.233°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">50.233; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">EEZ of France</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/EEZ" class="mw-redirect" title="EEZ">EEZ</a> of <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=49_20_N_0_0_E_type:country&title=France"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">49°20′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">49.333°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">49.333; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">France</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> </th> <td>From <a href="/wiki/Villers-sur-Mer" title="Villers-sur-Mer">Villers-sur-Mer</a> to <a href="/wiki/Gavarnie" title="Gavarnie">Gavarnie</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=42_41_N_0_0_E_type:country&title=Spain"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°41′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.683°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.683; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Spain</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> </th> <td>From <a href="/wiki/Cilindro_de_Marbor%C3%A9" title="Cilindro de Marboré">Cilindro de Marboré</a> to <a href="/wiki/Castell%C3%B3n_de_la_Plana" title="Castellón de la Plana">Castellón de la Plana</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=39_56_N_0_0_E_type:waterbody&title=Mediterranean+Sea"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°56′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.933°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.933; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Mediterranean Sea</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Valencia" title="Gulf of Valencia">Gulf of Valencia</a>; <a href="/wiki/EEZ" class="mw-redirect" title="EEZ">EEZ</a> of <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=38_52_N_0_0_E_type:country&title=Spain"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°52′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.867°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.867; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Spain</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> </th> <td>From <a href="/wiki/El_Verger" title="El Verger">El Verger</a> to <a href="/wiki/Calp" class="mw-redirect" title="Calp">Calp</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=38_38_N_0_0_E_type:waterbody&title=Mediterranean+Sea"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°38′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.633°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.633; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Mediterranean Sea</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/EEZ" class="mw-redirect" title="EEZ">EEZ</a> of <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=37_1_N_0_0_E_type:waterbody&title=EEZ+of+Algeria"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">37°1′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">37.017°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">37.017; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">EEZ of Algeria</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/EEZ" class="mw-redirect" title="EEZ">EEZ</a> of <a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=35_50_N_0_0_E_type:country&title=Algeria"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°50′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.833°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.833; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Algeria</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a> </th> <td>From <a href="/wiki/Stidia" title="Stidia">Stidia</a> to Algeria-Mali border near <a href="/wiki/Bordj_Badji_Mokhtar" title="Bordj Badji Mokhtar">Bordj Badji Mokhtar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=21_52_N_0_0_E_type:country&title=Mali"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">21°52′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">21.867°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">21.867; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Mali</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a> </th> <td>Passing through <a href="/wiki/Gao" title="Gao">Gao</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=15_00_N_0_0_E_type:country&title=Burkina+Faso"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">15°00′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">15.000°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">15.000; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Burkina Faso</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/23px-Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/35px-Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/45px-Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Burkina_Faso" title="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a> </th> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=11_7_N_0_0_E_type:country&title=Togo"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">11°7′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">11.117°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">11.117; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Togo</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Togo" title="Togo">Togo</a> </th> <td>For about 600 m </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=11_6_N_0_0_E_type:country&title=Ghana"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">11°6′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">11.100°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">11.100; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Ghana</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a> </th> <td>For about 16 km </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=10_58_N_0_0_E_type:country&title=Togo"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">10°58′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">10.967°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">10.967; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Togo</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Togo" title="Togo">Togo</a> </th> <td>For about 39 km </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=10_37_N_0_0_E_type:country&title=Ghana"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">10°37′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">10.617°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">10.617; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Ghana</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a> </th> <td>From the Togo-Ghana border near <a href="/wiki/Bunkpurugu" title="Bunkpurugu">Bunkpurugu</a> to <a href="/wiki/Tema" title="Tema">Tema</a><br />Passing through <a href="/wiki/Lake_Volta" title="Lake Volta">Lake Volta</a> at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=7_46_N_0_0_E_type:waterbody_region:GH&title=Lake+Volta"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°46′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.767°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.767; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Lake Volta</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=5_37_N_0_0_E_type:waterbody&title=EEZ+of+Ghana+in+Atlantic+Ocean"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">5°37′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">5.617°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">5.617; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">EEZ of Ghana in Atlantic Ocean</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/EEZ" class="mw-redirect" title="EEZ">EEZ</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=1_58_N_0_0_E_type:waterbody&title=International+waters"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">1°58′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">1.967°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">1.967; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">International waters</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/International_waters" title="International waters">International waters</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=0_0_N_0_0_E_type:landmark&title=Equator"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">0°0′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">0.000°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">0.000; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Equator</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;">Passing through the <a href="/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">Equator</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Null_Island" title="Null Island">Null Island</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=51_43_S_0_0_E_type:waterbody&title=EEZ+of+Bouvet+Island"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°43′S</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.717°S 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-51.717; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">EEZ of Bouvet Island</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/EEZ" class="mw-redirect" title="EEZ">EEZ</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bouvet_Island" title="Bouvet Island">Bouvet Island</a> (<a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>) </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=57_13_S_0_0_E_type:waterbody&title=International+waters"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">57°13′S</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">57.217°S 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-57.217; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">International waters</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/International_waters" title="International waters">International waters</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=60_0_S_0_0_E_type:waterbody&title=Southern+Ocean"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">60°0′S</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">60.000°S 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-60.000; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Southern Ocean</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Ocean" title="Southern Ocean">Southern Ocean</a> </th> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/International_waters" title="International waters">International waters</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=69_36_S_0_0_E_type:country&title=Antarctica"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">69°36′S</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">69.600°S 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-69.600; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Antarctica</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Queen_Maud_Land" title="Queen Maud Land">Queen Maud Land</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Antarctic_territorial_claims" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Antarctic territorial claims">claimed</a> by <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=IERS_Reference_Meridian&params=90_0_S_0_0_E_type:city&title=Amundsen%E2%80%93Scott+South+Pole+Station"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">90°0′S</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">90.000°S 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-90.000; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Amundsen%E2%80%93Scott_South_Pole_Station" title="Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station">Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station</a>, <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> <a href="/wiki/South_Pole" title="South Pole">South Pole</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=IERS_Reference_Meridian&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See 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title="115th meridian east">115°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:602.4px; top:-22.4px"><a href="/wiki/125th_meridian_east" title="125th meridian east">125°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:624px; top:-22.4px"><a href="/wiki/135th_meridian_east" title="135th meridian east">135°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:642px; top:-22.4px"><a href="/wiki/145th_meridian_east" title="145th meridian east">145°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:663.6px; top:-22.4px"><a href="/wiki/155th_meridian_east" title="155th meridian east">155°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:681.6px; top:-22.4px"><a href="/wiki/165th_meridian_east" title="165th meridian east">165°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:703.2px; top:-22.4px"><a href="/wiki/175th_meridian_east" title="175th meridian east">175°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; 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title="130th meridian east">130°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:634.8px; top:-11.6px"><a href="/wiki/140th_meridian_east" title="140th meridian east">140°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:674.4px; top:-11.6px"><a href="/wiki/160th_meridian_east" title="160th meridian east">160°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:692.4px; top:-11.6px"><a href="/wiki/170th_meridian_east" title="170th meridian east">170°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:336px; top:-11.6px"><a href="/wiki/10th_meridian_west" title="10th meridian west">10°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:318px; top:-11.6px"><a href="/wiki/20th_meridian_west" title="20th meridian west">20°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:274.8px; top:-11.6px"><a href="/wiki/40th_meridian_west" title="40th meridian west">40°</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; 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