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Australia on the Move — Adjusting the Charts to Agree with GPS

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Rick SpilmanOctober 14, 2016

Australia is, literally, on the move.  A year ago, we posted about how the Prime Meridian, the arbitrary line in Greenwich, UK, marking 0 degrees of longitude, had to be adjusted by slightly over 100 meters after the discrepancy was … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea | Tagged Australia, Continental drift, GPS, plate tectonics
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