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Latitude and longitude describe the location of a point. They're not used for countries,

areas, and land masses.

There is no land at 60° south / 60° west. That point is in the far south Atlantic Ocean,

roughly 150 miles from the nearest islands along the Antarctic coast, 400 miles southeast

of the island of Diego Ramirez off the southern tip of South America, 500 miles west of

the South Orkney Islands, and 575 miles south of Stanley in the Falkland Islands.

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There is land at 20 degrees south and the prime meridian.

Technically, we'll have to agree with the first answer, even though the land there

is covered with about 3 miles of water.

That point is in the south Atlantic Ocean off of Africa, roughly 850 miles due west

of the coast of Namibia.

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The Prime Meridian is more than 12,000 miles long. It traverses vast expanses of land

and similarly vast expanses of open water. If you're interested in a specific point on

the Prime Meridian, then you'd also need to specify the latitude of the point.

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The equator and 60 degrees west, there is land, South America. The equator and 60 degrees east, there is water, Indian ocean.

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This point is on land, in the evergreen broadleaf forest of northern Brazil, about 220 miles due north of Manaus.

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Water. That point is in the south Atlantic Ocean.

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That point is about 210 miles north of Manaus,

in Brazil, on the continent of South America.

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there is vater

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Is there land at 20 south latitude and the prime meridian?

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