Greenwich
Miloslava Nykodemová
Greenwich
 Quarter at the southeastern part of
London
Greenwich
 Place where you
can find the Royal
Observatory and
famous Prime
Meridian Line
Greenwich
 They are placed in a huge park, which
has two levels
 Lower with playgrounds, lake and gardens
 Higher on the hill where you can find rose
gardens, music pavillon, ancient oak
connected with Elizabeht I., deer-park and
Royal Observatory with Prime Meridian Line
What is Prime Meridian
Line?
 It is called „Zero longitude „
 Established in 1884
 Imaginary line connecting South Pole
and North Pole from which all other lines
of longitude are measured, 180 degrees
to the west and 180 to the east
Greenwich
 In the evenings the position of the Prime
Mediridan is marked by green laser
Greenwich
 There is not only Meridian line in
Greenwich 
 In the Royal Observatory there is huge
Planetarium, Museum of Watches and
Time, Camera obscura and Time ball
Time ball
 First public time
signal to ships on
Thames and
Londoners
 Each day at 12,55
the ball starts its way
up, at 12,58 is on the
top and exactly at
13,00 it falls back
down
Sources:
Www.greenwichmeridian.com [online]. 2000 [cit. 2010-02-23]. The
Prime Meridian of The World. Dostupné z WWW:
<http://wwp.greenwichmeridian.com/line.htm>.
Www.wikipedia.org [online]. 2010-02-21 [cit. 2010-02-23]. Prime
Meridian. Dostupné z WWW:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Meridian>.
Www.wikipedia.org [online]. 2009-05-30 [cit. 2010-02-23]. Greenwich
park. Dostupné z WWW:
<http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Park>.