It's a set of geographic coordinates which describe a point on the surface of the earth.
The point is located in Queen Anne's County on the eastern shore of Maryland. It's about 2.2 miles
west of Ruthsburg and 1.6 miles north-northeast of Starr, out in the middle of a cultivated field.
Hudson Bay
The approximate longitude of Watertown, NY is 76 degrees W.
That's southwest of Ottawa.
Latitude: N 43° 38' 27.0447" Longitude: W 77° 48' 50.2736"
The center of the intersection of N/S Charles St and E/W Baltimore St is located at 39.2895° north latitude 76.6152° west longitude. Other spots around town have somewhat different coordinates.
Annapolis, capital city of the state of Maryland, USA.
105 degrees west and 76 degrees north
The Barents Sea.
Hudson Bay
The second one, 22°S 88°W, is closer to the equator than 64°N 76°W The lower latitudes are closer to the equator. (0° latitude)
The approximate longitude of Watertown, NY is 76 degrees W.
about 12 degrees south and 77 degrees west
That's southwest of Ottawa.
There is no city located at that coordinate. It is the Laptev Sea.
Laurel, MD: 39° 5′ 45″ N, 76° 51′ 35″ W
Latitude: N 43° 38' 27.0447" Longitude: W 77° 48' 50.2736"
As it stands, it's just an angle. If we're told that it's a geographic coordinate, then it must be a longitude, because no latitude can be greater than 90 degrees. But it's still incomplete. Longitude needs an "east" or a "west" to go with it.