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1.4.5.24. Meridians
These are imaginary lines, which pass from pole to pole. In the charts (mercator) these lines are drawn as vertical lines and parallel to each other. The prime meridian which passes from pole to pole through the site of the Royal observatory at Greenwich, England. |
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