Null Island

Null Island
	The weather buoy moored at the coordinates of Null Island, in the Gulf of Guinea at 0°N 0°E
	Null Island The point of intersection of the prime meridian and the equator, in the Gulf of Guinea
Geography
Coordinates	0°N 0°E / 0°N 0°E

Null Island is the location at zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude (0°N 0°E / 0°N 0°E / 0; 0), i.e., where the prime meridian and the equator intersect. The name is often used in mapping software as a placeholder to help find and correct database entries that have erroneously been assigned the coordinates 0,0. Although "Null Island" started as a joke within the geospatial community, it has become a useful means of addressing a recurring issue in geographic information science.^[1]

^ Juhasz, Levente; Mooney, Peter (2022). ""I Think i Discovered a Military Base in the Middle of the Ocean"—Null Island, the Most Real of Fictional Places". IEEE Access. 10: 84147–84165. arXiv:2204.08383. Bibcode:2022IEEEA..1084147J. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3197222. ISSN 2169-3536.

[1] Juhasz, Levente; Mooney, Peter (2022). ""I Think i Discovered a Military Base in the Middle of the Ocean"—Null Island, the Most Real of Fictional Places". IEEE Access. 10: 84147–84165. arXiv:2204.08383. Bibcode:2022IEEEA..1084147J. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3197222. ISSN 2169-3536.

[1]

Geography
The weather buoy moored at the coordinates of Null Island, in the Gulf of Guinea at 0°N 0°E
Null Island The point of intersection of the prime meridian and the equator, in the Gulf of Guinea
Coordinates	0°N 0°E / 0°N 0°E / 0; 0