Florence meridian explained

The Meridian 11°15' East was proposed as prime meridian by Arno Peters in the Peters World Map.The Meridian is the antipode of 168°45' West of Greenwich which runs through the Bering Strait and was proposed as a new date line. On Peters' world map the easternmost part of Asia and Russia is not displayed left of Alaska, as is usually done on Greenwich-centered maps, but on the right side as the rest of Russia and Asia.

The meridian, 11° 15' East of Greenwich traverses the city center of Florence in Italy and therefore is also known as Florence Meridian.

It passes through:

Country	City, Country subdivision or other locality
Norway	Spitsbergen of Svalbard - 79.3333°N 26°W Prince Charles Foreland of Svalbard - Straumen, Trøndelag – Levanger on Trondheim Fjord – Aunegrenda – East of Lake Mjøsa, south end – Sundet, northeast of Oslo – East of Skantebygda –
Sweden	Strömstad – Kungshamn –
Denmark	East of Læsø Island – Kaldred, east of Kalundborg – Forlev-Vemmelev, between Slagelse and Korsør – Skælskør –
Germany	West of Wismar – East of Wolfsburg – Buchenwald, west of Weimar – East of Nuremberg – West of Ingolstadt – Fürstenfeldbruck, west of Munich –
Austria	West of Innsbruck –
Italy	Trento – West of Vicenza – East of Verona – West of Bologna – Florence –
	Mediterranean Sea c. 10 km east of Kelibia on Cap Bon Peninsula – Remla on Chergui island – East of Ben Gardane –
	Between Kabaw and Al Majabrah in the Tripolitania region –
Algeria	Illizi Province –
	Across Bilma Department of Agadez Region - East side of Goudoumaria in Diffa Region -
Nigeria	East side of Potiskum in Yobe State - East side of Gombe, capital of Gombe State – West side of Jalingo, capital of Taraba State -
Cameroon	East side of Bafia – West of Yaoundé – East side of Ebolowa – 2.9167°N 26°W
Equatorial Guinea	The eastern border of the country is defined as the Meridian 12° East. The Meridian 11°15 East runs through: West side of Ebibeyin, capital of Kié-Ntem Province - West side of Mongomo, capital of Wele-Nzas Province -
Gabon	The intersection with the equator is in eastern Abanga-Bigne department of Moyen-Ogooué Province at, between Mevang in the province and Ayem in the nearby Lopé department of Ogooué-Ivindo.
Republic of the Congo	West of Tchibenda Lake in Conkouati Reserve, Madingo-Kayes District -
None (offshore in the Atlantic Ocean)	50 km west of the mouth of the Cunene River which marks the Angolan–Namibian border –

See also

• 11th Meridian East
• 12th Meridian East

External links

• http://hexadecimal.florencetime.net/