Salt Lake meridian
principal meridian in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
The Salt Lake meridian, established in 1855, in longitude 111° 54′ 00″ west from Greenwich, has its initial point at southeast corner of Temple Square, in Salt Lake City, Utah, extends north and south through the state, and, with the base line, through the initial, and coincident with the parallel of 40° 46′ 04″ north latitude, governs the surveys in the territory, except those referred to the Uintah meridian and Baseline projected from an initial point in latitude 40° 26′ 20″ north, longitude 109° 57′ 30″ west from Greenwich.
See also
List of principal and guide meridians and base lines of the United States
Mormon settlement techniques of the Salt Lake Valley
References
Raymond, William Galt (1914). Plane Surveying for Use in the Classroom and Field (via Internet Archive). New York: American Book Company.
External links
"Cadastral Survey [Salt Lake meridian]". U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Archived from the original on 2010-05-18. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
"Principal Meridians and Base Lines". U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
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