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Description

Name: Greenwich

Suburb, Fitzherbert


The name Greenwich acknowledges the importance of the Greenwich meridian which was used for worldwide time keeping and navigation from 1884 to 1974. This geographic reference line (0° longitude) passes through the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London.

Greenwich Way, for the Palmerston North community, suggests a base or grounding in time. December 2022.

The aerial image is a derivative of the Palmerston North City Council online mapping Geographic Information System (GIS).

Tautuhi

Momo rauemi
research
Content type
Map/Plan
Date
2024
Tautuhi matihiko
2024M_IMCA-DigitalArchive_042888
Momo rauemi
Born Digital
E puritia ana ki
"IMCA Digital Archive"

Pūnaha whakarōpū

Ngā tūtohu
greenwich way,
meridians,
navigation,
observatories,
time keeping,
Tūtohu Hapori

Tuku kōrero mai mō te whakararu