Salt Lake meridian
The Great Salt Lake Base and Meridian
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.
References
- Raymond, William Galt (1914). Plane Surveying for Use in the Classroom and Field (via Google Books). New York: American Book Company.
See also
External links
- "Cadastral Survey [Salt Lake meridian]". U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
- "Principal Meridians and Base Lines". U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
- "Great Salt Lake Meridian, Salt Lake, UT". Principal Meridian Project. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
- "Salt Lake Meridian". The Center for Land Use Interpretation. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
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Coordinates: 40°46′10.31″N 111°53′28.80″W / 40.7695306°N 111.8913333°W