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Principal meridian

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on the Sixth Principal Meridian, and Meridian Avenue in several western Washington counties generally following the Willamette Meridian. Baseline Road or Base Line Street extends for about 40 miles (64 km) from
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Six other meridians were designated at four-degree intervals westward, with the seventh located in British Columbia; the second and fourth meridians form the general eastern border and the western border of
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took its origin at the First (or Principal) Meridian, located at 97°27′28.41″ west of
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Resources page of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
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List of principal and guide meridians and base lines of the United States
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List of principal and guide meridians and base lines of the United States
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Often, meridians are marked with roads, such as the Meridian Avenue in
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Arbitrary meridians used as references in land surveying
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Index

Prime meridian
Central meridian
meridian
Dominion Land Survey
Western Canada
Greenwich
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Saskatchewan

BLM
baselines
United States
Public Land Survey System
baseline
initial point
Mount Diablo Meridian
Mount Diablo
San Jose, California
Vacaville, California
Mount Diablo Meridian
Wichita, Kansas
Highland, California
La Verne, California
Cardo
Baseline (surveying)
List of principal and guide meridians and base lines of the United States
The Principal Meridian Project (US)
History of the Rectangular Survey System
Resources page of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
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