where does the prime meridian intersect the equator
Null Island 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.[1]] (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.