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Q: Is the distance in degrees north or south of the equator?
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What are Angular distance north or south of the equator?

what is the distance north and south of the equator: Latitude.


What is distance north or south of the equator called?

The distance north or south of the equator is measured in degrees of latitude. For example, the equator is measured at 0 degrees; Sydney Australia lies 33.51 degrees south of the equator; Helsinki Finland lies 60 degrees north of the equator.


The distance measured in degrees north and south of the equator is what?

Latitude.


Is the distance north and south of the equator and is measured in degrees?

Latitude.


The distance in degrees North or south of the equator?

Distance is not measured in degrees. Temperatures and angles are. The angle north or south between the equator and a place of interest is the latitude of that place.


What is a distance in degrees north and south of the equator?

You're going for "latitude". But it's an 'angle', not a 'distance in degrees'.


Is the Arctic Circle or the South Pole closer to the Equator?

what is the distance north and south of the equator: Latitude.


What is the distance measured in degrees north and south of the equator is referred to as?

Declination (positive and negative respectively) is the angular distance between north and south of the Celestial Equator.


Which is farther away from the equator 10 degrees north or 10 degrees south?

Neither, both are the same distance from the Equator.


What is the farthes possible distance from the equator in therms of degree?

The farthest you can get from the equator is to stand on the north pole or the south pole.The north pole is at 90 degrees north latitude. The south pole is at 90 degrees south latitude.


How many degrees the south of the equator is the south pole?

The south pole is 90 degrees south of the equator. The north pole is 90 degrees north of the equator.


What is distance in degree north and south of the equator?

That's latitude. The distance to the north or south pole from the equator is 90° Therefore, the distance from the north pole to the south pole, in degrees, is 180°. The distance in degrees to a certain location from the equator is referred to as the latitude. For instance, I am at about 49° latitude, or at a 49° angle from the equator if you were positioned at the center of the earth. Each degree of latitude is about 69 miles (111 km).