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LocationFrance
Basse-Normandie
Argentin
N side of: Avenue de Paris
Distance (S) from Greenwich
WGS84 lat/long48.749011, -0.001425
TypeObelisk/Pillar
Marking date20 Jun 1984
AccessUnrestricted
Greenwich Meridian Marker; France; Basse-Normandie; Argentin
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Given by the Rotary Club, the obelisk is similar in size to a UK trig point. It was erected in 1984 to commemorate the "100th anniversary" of the adoption of the Greenwich Meridian as the Prime Meridian of the World.