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Imagine that you are at the center of the earth. You are looking straight out at the equator. The equator is 0 degrees latitude. Straight above your head is the north pole, and it is 90 degrees north latitude. With 0 degrees at the equator and 90 degrees straight up, measure 40 degrees up from the equator, and inscribe a circle on the globe's surface. The circle you make on the globe marks 40 degrees north latitude.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 14y agoIt would most likely mean a location at 40 to 54 degrees north latitude.
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∙ 12y agoThat point is just outside of Castellón de la Plana,
a town on the Mediterranean coast of Spain.
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∙ 9y agoAt 40° latitude ... either north or south ... one degree
of longitude spans about 52.9 miles.
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Interstate 40 only runs from east to west, so it's a play on that.
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What does the word coordinates mean in geography?
Coordinates mean that you would use north,south,east,west or the longitude and latitude. Example: Debra lives 16 degrees longitude and 45 degrees latitude or Sabrina lives north of Florida west of Georgia i think that's what coordinates mean.
What is at 40 degrees north latitude 100 degrees west longitude?
If you mean north latitude, then the point is in the east-central Pacific Ocean,about 1,890 miles due west of the northern California coast.If you mean south latitude, then the point is in the south Pacific Ocean,about 1,320 miles due east of Wellington, New Zealand.
Can the north start be used to calculate latitude?
I think you mean the 'North Star' ; note the spelling ; NOT 'Start'. It also goes by the name of 'Pole Star' and 'Polaris'. When directly above (90 degrees) you are at the North Pole. When its angle of elevation above the horizon is 89 degrees. you are at latitude of 89 degrees. When you are at latitude 49 degrees (49th parallel), it is 49 degrees above the horizon. When you are at the Equator ( latitude 0 degrees) it is on the horizon. However, you probably cannot see it at this latitude because dust dirt particles in the air. South of the Equator you cannot see it , as it is below the horizon. In the Southern Hemisphere there is no corresponding pole star. Navigators use the constellation named the 'Southern Cross', in order to determine latitude.
What city is 10 degrees north and 72 degrees west?
That's near Maracaibo.
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If you mean Arctic, it's about 66 degrees north.
What line is the starting point for latitude?
The equator at 0 degrees latitude is the starting point for measuring latitude.
What does the word coordinates mean in geography?
Coordinates mean that you would use north,south,east,west or the longitude and latitude. Example: Debra lives 16 degrees longitude and 45 degrees latitude or Sabrina lives north of Florida west of Georgia i think that's what coordinates mean.
What does 30'N mean?
It means something is 30 degrees north latitude of the equator.
What is at 40 degrees north latitude 100 degrees west longitude?
If you mean north latitude, then the point is in the east-central Pacific Ocean,about 1,890 miles due west of the northern California coast.If you mean south latitude, then the point is in the south Pacific Ocean,about 1,320 miles due east of Wellington, New Zealand.
What is 20 degrees north latitude, 100 degrees west longitude?
Mexico. Northwest of Mexico City. The degrees mean how much above the equator and how much west of England.
As an observer on a ship at sea at which latitude does the north star appear closest to the horizon?
I'm assuming that you mean "How far from the NCP is something whose declination is 50 degrees N?" In that case, the best way to visualize it is by looking at a globe of earth. The north pole is at 90 degrees N latitude. Something that's 50 degrees N latitude is therefore 40 degrees BELOW the north pole (the UK fits this description). Likewise, something with a declination of 50 degrees N is 40 degrees away from the NCP.
What is the name of the line of latitude that runs along 23 12 degrees north?
I think you mean the Tropic of Cancer at 23.5°.
What is that mean 60 degrees north and 50 degrees east?
The earth is almost spherical. So if you travel north from the equator you are on a circular path (a line of longitude), and distance around a circle is measured in degrees. The north pole is at 90 degrees north (so 60 degrees is two thirse the way). Similarly if you travel east, you are going around a circle parallel to the equator. Zero degrees is traditionally at Greenwich in London, England. So 50 degrees east is 50 degrees around this circle (of latitude). All lines of longitude meet at the poles. All lines of latitude are parallel to the equator (which is zero latitude).
What does degrees mean on a map?
latitude and longitude
Can the north start be used to calculate latitude?
I think you mean the 'North Star' ; note the spelling ; NOT 'Start'. It also goes by the name of 'Pole Star' and 'Polaris'. When directly above (90 degrees) you are at the North Pole. When its angle of elevation above the horizon is 89 degrees. you are at latitude of 89 degrees. When you are at latitude 49 degrees (49th parallel), it is 49 degrees above the horizon. When you are at the Equator ( latitude 0 degrees) it is on the horizon. However, you probably cannot see it at this latitude because dust dirt particles in the air. South of the Equator you cannot see it , as it is below the horizon. In the Southern Hemisphere there is no corresponding pole star. Navigators use the constellation named the 'Southern Cross', in order to determine latitude.
