running through El Hierro (Ferro), the westernmost of the Canary Islands, was known in European history as the prime meridian in common use outside of the...
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element Ferro Carril Oeste, an Argentine football team Ferro (Covilhã), a civil parish in the municipality of Covilhã, Portugal Ferro meridian, an alternative...
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decided that the Ferro Meridian through the westernmost of the Canary Islands should be used as the reference on maps, since El Hierro (Ferro) was the most...
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0° A prime meridian is an arbitrarily-chosen meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°. Together...
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the Ferro meridian, which was based on the works of the Greek astronomer and geographer Ptolemy (c. AD 90 – c. 168). Mercator used prime meridians through...
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El Hierro (category Meridians (geography))
it was decided that Ferro's meridian should be used as a key reference of maps, in consideration of the island's historic meridian and status as the westernmost-known...
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5 km (3.4 mi) intervals. The map counts the longitude based on the Ferro meridian. The map is valued for its high precision. In his dissertation in 1957...
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considered to be a prime meridian for early map makers, and was known as the Ferro Meridian, at the western extremity of the known world. The name comes from the...
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The Michigan Meridian runs through the eastern portion of the county. South of Nine Mile Road, M-129 (Meridian Road) overlays the meridian. In Sault Ste...
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Networks Limited NSE: INDLMETER IMP Powers Limited NSE: IMPEXFERRO Impex Ferro Tech Limited NSE: INDBANK Indbank Merchant Banking Services Limited NSE: INDIAGLYCO...
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