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longitude
thumb|Earth with blue longitude lines and corresponding degrees. thumb|upright=0.9|A Geographic coordinate system|graticule on the [[Earth as a sphere or an ellipsoid. The lines from pole to pole are lines of constant longitude, or meridians. The circles parallel to the Equator are circles of constant latitude, or parallels. The graticule shows the latitude and longitude of points on the surface. In this example, meridians are spaced at 6° intervals and parallels at 4° intervals.]]
meridian
line between the poles with the same longitude
Treaty of Tordesillas
treaty dividing territory between Portugal and Spain
El Hierro
One of the main islands of the Canary archipelago, Spain
prime meridian
line of longitude, at which longitude is defined to be 0°
Treaty of Zaragoza
peace treaty between Spain and Portugal signed on 22 April 1529
Mason–Dixon Line
surveyed border line between U.S. states of Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania
180th meridian
the meridian 180° east or west of the Prime Meridian with which it forms a great circle
cardo
thumb|Roman cardo in Jerash, JordanA cardo (: cardines) was a north–south street in ancient Roman cities and military camps as an integral component of city planning. The cardo maximus, or most often the cardo, was the main or central north–south-oriented street.
10th meridian east
line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian
90th meridian west
meridian
15th meridian east
line of longitude
Inter caetera
papal bull by Alexander VI (4 May 1493) which granted to the Catholic Kings Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile all lands to the "west and south" of a line 100 leagues west and south of any of the islands of the Azores or of Cape Verde
20th meridian east
meridian
1st meridian east
meridian 1° east of Greenwich
25th meridian east
meridian
3rd meridian east
line of longitude
30th meridian east
meridian
150th meridian east
line of longitude 150 degrees east of the Greenwich meridian
International Meridian Conference
1884 conference in Washington, D.C., United States
4th meridian east
line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian
90th meridian east
line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian
110th meridian east
Line of longitude
140th meridian east
Line of longitude
40th meridian east
line of longitude
100th meridian west
line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian
30th meridian west
meridian
135th meridian east
meridian
5th meridian east
meridian
10th meridian west
line of longitude
110th meridian west
line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian
120th meridian east
meridian
130th meridian east
meridian
100th meridian east
Line of longitude
2nd meridian east
meridian
50th meridian east
meridian
135th meridian west
Line of longitude
45th meridian west
line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian
170th meridian east
line of longitude
80th meridian east
line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian
7th meridian east
line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian
1st meridian west
meridian 1° west of Greenwich
130th meridian west
line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian
60th meridian east
line of longitude
70th meridian east
line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian
45th meridian east
line of longitude
140th meridian west
Line of longitude
80th meridian west
line of longitude
150th meridian west
line of longitude which forms a great circle with the 30th meridian east
120th meridian west
Earth meridian
9th meridian east
line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian
20th meridian west
line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian
160th meridian east
line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian
5th meridian west
line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian
60th meridian west
line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian
11th meridian west
line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian
145th meridian west
line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian
160th meridian west
line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian
Bureau des Longitudes
organization
165th meridian east
line of longitude