Florence meridian


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:
CountryCity, Country subdivision or other locality
Norway
Sweden
  • Strömstad –
  • Kungshamn –
    • Denmark
  • East of Læsø Island –
  • Kaldred, east of Kalundborg –
  • Forlev-Vemmelev, between Slagelse and Korsør –
  • Skælskør –
  • Søllested -
    • Germany
  • East corner of Fehmarn Island -
  • West of Wismar and Hohenkirchen –
  • 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 –
  • Between Baccinello and Grosseto -
    • Tunisia
  • Mediterranean Sea c. 10 km east of Kelibia on Cap Bon Peninsula –
  • Remla on Chergui island –
  • East of Ben Gardane –
    • Libya
  • Between Kabaw and Al Majabrah in the Tripolitania region –
    • Algeria
  • Illizi Province –
    • Niger
  • 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 –
    • Equatorial GuineaThe 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 -
    • GabonThe 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 CongoWest of Tchibenda Lake in Conkouati Reserve, Madingo-Kayes District -
    None 50 km west of the mouth of the Cunene River which marks the Angolan–Namibian border –