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Meridians of Longitude
Document Type: Photo/Image
Geographic Location: Washington, D.C.
ID Number: Bowditch_75_Longitude
Keywords: Navigation, Longitude
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Description:
Illustration showing how longitude lines cut the globe in planes that intersect at the polar axis. Longitude is a measurement that identifies a location as being so far east or west of a prime meridian.
This illustration is from Bowditch's American Practical Navigator, H.O. Pub. No. 9, 1975, p. 444.
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