LATITUDE + LONGITUDE

Latitude:

●Lines of latitude are imaginary circles running east-west, parallel to the Equator.

●The Equator is 0° latitude

●Latitude is measured from 0° to 90° north of the Equator and 0° to 90° south of the Equator, totaling 180° of latitude.

Important Lines of Latitude:

●North Pole (90° N)

●Arctic Circle (66.5° N)

●Tropic of Cancer (23.5° N)

●Equator (0°)

●Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° S)

●Antarctic Circle (66.5° S)

●South Pole (90°S)

Longitude:

●Lines of longitude, also called meridians, run from the North Pole to the South Pole, dividing the Earth into segments.

●The Prime Meridian (or Greenwich Meridian) is 0° longitude and passes through Greenwich in London.

●Longitude is measured from 0°to 180° east longitude and 0° to 180° and west longitude, totaling 360° of longitude.

Important Lines:

●Greenwich/ Prime Meridian

●Western Hemisphere

●Eastern Hemisphere