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What (who) is 100th meridian west - definition
100th meridian west
![Part of the border between [[Texas]] and [[Oklahoma]] is defined by the 100th meridian west](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/100th meridian US.svg?width=200 "Part of the border between [[Texas]] and [[Oklahoma]] is defined by the 100th meridian west")
![Directors of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] gather on the meridian in the [[Nebraska Territory]] at what is now [[Cozad, Nebraska]], in 1866](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad on the 100th meridian approximately 250 miles west of Omaha, Nebr. Terr. The tra - NARA - 530892.jpg?width=200 "Directors of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] gather on the meridian in the [[Nebraska Territory]] at what is now [[Cozad, Nebraska]], in 1866")
![Sign marking the 100th meridian in [[Cozad, Nebraska]]; photograph taken 138 years after the preceding photograph in October 2004](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sign at the 100th meridian on U.S. Highway 30 in Cozad, Nebraska.jpg?width=200 "Sign marking the 100th meridian in [[Cozad, Nebraska]]; photograph taken 138 years after the preceding photograph in October 2004")
LINE OF LONGITUDE WEST OF THE GREENWICH MERIDIAN
Longitude 100 degrees W; 100th meridian west of Greenwich; 100W
The meridian 100° west of the Prime Meridian of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. The 100th meridian west forms a great circle with the 80th meridian east.
Magnetic Meridian
![The astronomic prime meridian at Greenwich, England. The geodetic prime meridian is actually 102.478 meters east of this point since the adoption of [[WGS84]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Prime meridian.jpg?width=200 "The astronomic prime meridian at Greenwich, England. The geodetic prime meridian is actually 102.478 meters east of this point since the adoption of [[WGS84]].")
LINE BETWEEN THE EARTH'S POLES WITH THE SAME LONGITUDE
Lines of longitude; Line of longitude; Magnetic meridian; Meridian in geography; Geographic meridian; Geographical meridian; Circle of longitude; Standard meridian
A line formed on the earth's surface by the intersection therewith of a
plane passing through the magnetic axis. It is a line determined by the
direction of the compass needle. The meridians constantly change in
direction and correspond in a general way to the geographical meridians.
Greenwich meridian
![Shetland Islands]], the most northerly parts of Scotland and the United Kingdom. Shetland lies 1° W of the prime meridian.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Britannica Figure of the Earth.jpg?width=200 "Shetland Islands]], the most northerly parts of Scotland and the United Kingdom. Shetland lies 1° W of the prime meridian.")
![Royal Observatory]], marking the original Greenwich Prime meridian.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Greenwich observatory laser.jpg?width=200 "Royal Observatory]], marking the original Greenwich Prime meridian.")
![A [[GPS]] receiver at the marking strip of the Greenwich meridian. The indicated longitude is not exactly zero because the ''geodetic'' zero meridian on a geocentric reference ellipsoid (which is what GPS positioning yields, using the [[IERS Reference Meridian]]) is 102 metres east of this strip.<ref name="RMG what"/>](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Greenwichmer1.jpg?width=200 "A [[GPS]] receiver at the marking strip of the Greenwich meridian. The indicated longitude is not exactly zero because the ''geodetic'' zero meridian on a geocentric reference ellipsoid (which is what GPS positioning yields, using the [[IERS Reference Meridian]]) is 102 metres east of this strip.<ref name=\"RMG what\"/>")
THE MERIDIAN OF THE BRITISH ROYAL OBSERVATORY IN GREENWICH, ENGLAND, WHEN DISTINGUISHED FROM THE GENERAL CONCEPT OF A PRIME MERIDIAN
Greenwich Meridian Line; Greenwich Meridian; Greenwich meridian; Prime Meridian (Greenwich); Greenwich Prime Meridian; Nullmeridian; Airy meridian
¦ noun the meridian of zero longitude, passing through Greenwich.
