Greenwich, borough of Greater London, southeastern England, on the southern bank of the Thames River. The borough was formed in 1965 with the merging of the former metropolitan boroughs of Greenwich and Woolwich. Among the landmarks of Greenwich is the Royal Naval College (1873), which occupies a late 17th-century building designed by the architect Sir Christopher Wren. In the Tudor period the building's site was occupied by a royal residence. Also in the borough is the National Maritime Museum. Greenwich is famous as the site of the prime meridian, or 0° longitude, which passes through the old Greenwich Observatory. Also here are the clipper ship Cutty Sark and the Gipsy Moth IV, on which Sir Francis Chichester made a solo circumnavigation of the earth. Population (1991) 211,141.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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