<P> Null Island is a name for the area around the point where the prime meridian and the equator cross ; in the WGS84 datum , this is at zero degrees latitude and longitude ( 0 ° N 0 ° E ﻿ / ﻿ 0 ° N 0 ° E ﻿ / 0 ; 0 . ) ( the location is in the Gulf of Guinea off the west African coast ) . The name ' Null Island ' serves as both a joke based around the suppositional existence of an island there ( in reality , only a buoy ( pictured ) exists there ) , and also as a name to which coordinates erroneously set to 0 , 0 are assigned in placenames databases in order to more easily find and fix them . The nearest land is Annobón island , at 1 ° 25 ′ S 5 ° 38 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 1.417 ° S 5.633 ° E ﻿ / - 1.417 ; 5.633 . </P>
<P> Null Island is a name for the area around the point where the prime meridian and the equator cross ; in the WGS84 datum , this is at zero degrees latitude and longitude ( 0 ° N 0 ° E ﻿ / ﻿ 0 ° N 0 ° E ﻿ / 0 ; 0 . ) ( the location is in the Gulf of Guinea off the west African coast ) . The name ' Null Island ' serves as both a joke based around the suppositional existence of an island there ( in reality , only a buoy ( pictured ) exists there ) , and also as a name to which coordinates erroneously set to 0 , 0 are assigned in placenames databases in order to more easily find and fix them . The nearest land is Annobón island , at 1 ° 25 ′ S 5 ° 38 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 1.417 ° S 5.633 ° E ﻿ / - 1.417 ; 5.633 . </P>
where does the prime meridian intersect the equator
where does the prime meridian intersect the equator
Null Island
Null Island