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At the terminus of the boardwalk there is a granite monument which reads, "This stone marks the base established Nov. 10, 1815 from which the lands of the Louisiana Purchase were surveyed by United States Engineers, the first survey from this point was made to satisfy the claims of the soldiers of the War of 1812, with land bounties.
Map of L'Enfant's Plan; Washington Monument GPS Project including Jefferson Pier and Zero Milestone (1.29 MB) Washington Refractor describing the condition of Old Naval Observatory in 1972. Washington Monument GPS Height Modernization Project listing coordinates of Jefferson Pier, Meridian Stone, and Zero Milestone (click on names for photos)
The 45×90 points are the four points on Earth which are both halfway between one of the geographical poles and the equator, and halfway between the Prime Meridian and the 180th meridian. Both northern 45×90 points are located on land, while both southern 45×90 points are in remote open ocean locations.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management map showing the principal meridian in Florida. The Tallahassee meridian, in longitude 84° 16′ 37.59″ west from the prime meridian at Greenwich, runs north and south from the initial point on the base line at Tallahassee, in latitude 30° 26′ 04.12″ north, and as a principal meridian governs the surveys in Florida and Alabama as part of the Public Land ...
ii, iv (cultural) The observatory in Mykolaiv was founded in 1821 as a naval observatory. The complex comprises the Classicist main building, astronomic pavilions from the early 20th century, and three modern pavilions that are in use for research. [24] Complex of the Sudak Fortress Monuments of the 6th – 16th c. AR Crimea: 2007 ii, iv, v ...
The Monument to Christopher Columbus in Durazno, Uruguay, has a spherical time capsule on top. [141] The Monument to Christopher Columbus in Durazno was designed in 1892, the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas, and a spherical time capsule was placed on top of the monument. In 1992, the time capsule was opened ...
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Location (voivodeship) Year listed UNESCO criteria Description Gdansk—Town of Memory and Freedom: Pomerania: 2005 ii, iv, vi (cultural) The city of Gdańsk has witnessed some of the key events in European history, including the first battle of World War II at Westerplatte and the beginning of the Solidarity movement in the Gdańsk Shipyard ...