International Date Line and Prime meridian (Greenwich)

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Difference between International Date Line and Prime meridian (Greenwich)

International Date Line vs. Prime meridian (Greenwich)

The International Date Line (IDL) is an imaginary line of demarcation on the surface of Earth that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole and demarcates the change of one calendar day to the next. A prime meridian, based at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in London, England, was established by Sir George Airy in 1851.

Similarities between International Date Line and Prime meridian (Greenwich)

International Date Line and Prime meridian (Greenwich) have 7 things in common (in Unionpedia): Antarctica, Equator, Greenwich Mean Time, International Meridian Conference, Meridian (geography), North Pole, South Pole.

Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent.

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Equator

An equator of a rotating spheroid (such as a planet) is its zeroth circle of latitude (parallel).

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Greenwich Mean Time

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London.

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International Meridian Conference

The International Meridian Conference was a conference held in October 1884 in Washington, D.C., in the United States, to determine a prime meridian for international use.

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Meridian (geography)

A (geographical) meridian (or line of longitude) is the half of an imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, terminated by the North Pole and the South Pole, connecting points of equal longitude.

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North Pole

The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is (subject to the caveats explained below) defined as the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface.

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South Pole

The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface.

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What International Date Line and Prime meridian (Greenwich) have in common
What are the similarities between International Date Line and Prime meridian (Greenwich)

International Date Line and Prime meridian (Greenwich) Comparison

International Date Line has 131 relations, while Prime meridian (Greenwich) has 37. As they have in common 7, the Jaccard index is 4.17% = 7 / (131 + 37).

References

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