The Meridian at Ravensthorpe, Western Australia
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382440)
Rockingham, Australia
January 9, 2018 7:43pm CST
Recently we visited the town of Ravensthorpe in the south-east of Western Australia. We lived there for a few years when we were first married. Just a few miles out of Ravensthorpe is the ‘Meridian’.
The plaque on the stone monument reads:
“The Meridian of 120° E longitude runs 4 kilometres west of Ravensthorpe, 33 kilometres east of Yellowdine and some 26 kilometres east of Marble Bar.
It is the baseline for W.A. Standard Time.
Along this line ‘local noon’ when the sun is at its highest – occurs exactly 8 hours before local noon at Greenwich, England (i.e, 0° longitude).
Local noon as 120° E occurs 16.6 minutes before Local noon at Perth.”
I found this very interesting. I don’t know if other points of longitude are recognised in this way but I guess they are.
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@JudyEv (382440)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jan 18
I haven't seen the one in WA. It is well north of us but one day we hope to get up there. This is a great photo.
.@topffer (42155)
• France
10 Jan 18
@JudyEv No, there is a sign on the road to Cognac telling something like "You are crossing the meridian of Greenwich" and a detailed explanation. We use both Greenwich Meridian and Paris Meridian in France (The Paris Meridian is used by the Lambert triangulation of our detailed maps).
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
12 Jan 18
That's cool... I've not seen any time markers like that... 
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
10 Jan 18
That is interesting. I don't believe that I have seen a marker like that here.
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@Shiva49 (28394)
• Singapore
11 Jan 18
@JudyEv The real beauty of our home is we can feel comfortable, adapt, to live anywhere.
We read about the deep freeze in North America but our friends there know who to survive and, what more, our forefathers did too with bare essentials! siva
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@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
10 Jan 18
That's interesting. I didn't know meridians have landmarks like that
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@JudyEv (382440)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jan 18
There may not be many around. I don't know of any others.
@JudyEv (382440)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jan 18
I must remember to do that when we cross from one state to another later in the year.
@Freelanzer (10782)
• Canada
10 Jan 18
A little way out of town from where I live there is a sign with something about longitude but what catches my ey is that is says that exact spot is the center of Canada.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
10 Jan 18
I like that monument, very interesting facts. I would love to travel there some day
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Jan 18
I wish I could see such sites down under.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
10 Jan 18
@JudyEv I have never heard of this before. Very interesting foliage in the background.
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