The Royal Observatory is a historical building in Greenwich, London. It is best known for being the globally accepted reference point for universal time on Earth since 1884, and sits atop the Prime Meridian.
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Its analogue clock still functioned in the 24th century and was often visited by tourists. The Headquarters of the Federation Department of Temporal Investigations were located half a kilometer north of the observatory. (DTI novel: Watching the Clock)
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Great Britain | England | London | Baker Streetf • Battersea Stadium • Big Ben • Bio/Genetic Research, Inc. • Buckingham Palace • Canary Wharf • Greenwich (Feathers Place • Federation Department of Temporal Investigations • Houses of Parliament • Park Vista • Royal Observatory • University of Greenwich) • Heathrow Airport • Highgate Prison • Hyde Park • ISS Development Laboratories • Jane Interstellar Ltd. • Kelvin Memorial Archivek • London & Dove Tavern • London Eyek • London Intergalactic • Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum • Nelson's Columnk • Pan-Galactic Productions • Restaurant at the Ritz • The Ritz London • River Thames • Royal Children's Hospitalk • St. Paul's Cathedralk • Tower of London • Victoria Station/Thorsen Central Hub • West End | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
other places: | Birmingham • Cambridge (Cambridge University) • Coventry • Credenhill • Devon • Dover • Ealing • Great Western Railway • Hertfordshire • Liverpool (Liverpool FC) • Manchester (Manchester United) • Nottingham • Sherwood Forest • Southhampton • Summershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scotland | Aberdeen • Edinburgh (Edinburg Tech • University of Edinburgh) • Fort Augustus • Glasgow (Glasgow University) • Glamis Castle • Glen of Birds • Glencoe • Great Glen • Highlands • Inverness • Loch Ness (Fort Augustus) • Naim • Nairn Waters • Scots Lowlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wales | Caernarvon • Caernarvon Castle • Cardiff • Gwynedd • Hay-on-Wye | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ireland | County Cork (Cobh • St. Colman’s Cathedral • University College Cork) • County Kerry (Iveragh Peninsula • Kenmare • Worley Elementary School) • Dublin (Trinity College) • Fair Haven • Limerick • Portmagee | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Surrounding regions | Atlantic Ocean • English Channel • Inis Mór (Cill Mhuirbhighm • Cill Rónáinm • Dún Aonghasam • Dún Dúchathairm) • Irish Sea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
k : Kelvin timeline • m : mirror universe • f : fictional location |
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External links[]
- Royal Observatory, Greenwich article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Royal Observatory's website.