Seattle is located closest to what parallel of latitude
48 degrees North
There are 2 major lines of latitude located north of the equator. The Tropic of Cancer is located at 23.5 degrees north latitude while the Arctic Circle is located at 66.5 degrees north latitude.
The Equator.
The equator is the parallel that divides the Earth into hemispheres - the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere - and it is located at 0 degrees latitude.
All lines of latitude are parallel with the equator.
48 degrees North
Seattle is located at 47 degrees, 36 minutes north latitude. Minneapolis is located at 44 degrees, 59 minutes north latitude, therefor, Seattle is farther north.
There are 2 major lines of latitude located north of the equator. The Tropic of Cancer is located at 23.5 degrees north latitude while the Arctic Circle is located at 66.5 degrees north latitude.
The Equator
The Equator.
Seattle
The equator is the parallel that divides the Earth into hemispheres - the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere - and it is located at 0 degrees latitude.
The Equator
There are two different 40th parallels. -- If you mean the parallel of 40° south latitude, then Denver is about 5,500 miles north of it. -- If you're referring to the parallel of 40° north latitude, the center of downtown Denver is about 16 miles south of that one.
Lines of latitude run parallel to the Equator (which is zero latitude).
Two state capitals that are located on the 45 degrees north parallel of latitude are Lansing, the capital of Michigan, and Salem, the capital of Oregon.
San Francisco is between the 38th parallel and the 37th parallel. It is also located on about the 122nd meridian west.