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All longitudes converge (meet, come together) at the north and south pole. A drawing of
the globe with some of the meridians added looks like the drawing of a peeled orange, and
the distance between two meridians depends on how far from the equator you measure it.
One degree of longitude measured along the equator represents a distance of about 69.1 miles (111 km),
and it shrinks steadily to zero at the poles.
In general, it's
(distance measured at the equator) multiplied by (cosine of the latitude where you measure it)
Jarred Krajcik
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∙ 12y agoAll longitudes converge (meet, come together) at the north and south pole. A drawing of
the globe with some of the meridians added looks like the drawing of a peeled orange, and
the distance between two meridians depends on how far from the equator you measure it.
One degree of longitude measured along the equator represents a distance of about 69.1 miles (111 km),
and it shrinks steadily to zero at the poles.
In general, it's
(distance measured at the equator) multiplied by (cosine of the latitude where you measure it)
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoThat depends on your distance from the equator.
Right on the equator, each degree of longitude spans about 111.1 km (69 miles).
From there, the longitudes taper closer and closer together as you proceed north
and south from the equator, until they all converge at the north and south poles,
where the distance between any two longitudes is zero.
In general, the distance covered by a degree of longitude is
111.1 km (69 miles) multiplied by (the cosine of the latitude where you measure it).
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Does each degree of longitude correspond to 111 kilometers at the North Pole?
No. All of the meridians of longitude converge at the poles. So the north pole is located at every longitude,and the distance between any two longitudes at the north pole is zero.The largest distance covered by a degree of longitude occurs along the equator, where the meridiansare spread farthest apart. That's where one degree of longitude traverses about 111.22 km. (rounded)
What is the distance between 90 degree east longitude and 91 degree east longitude at the poles is?
zero
What does 1 degrees of latitude equal?
Only at the equator. The linear distance covered by 1 degree of longitude gets progressively smaller as you progress towards the poles, but 1 degree of latitude remains constant.
What is the distance between two longitudes at the equator?
At the equator, the circumference of the Earth is 40,075.16 km ( 24,901.55 miles). Divide that into 360 equal pieces to get the distance for each one degree of longitude. A degree of longitude at the equator is equal to 111.32 km.
Why is the distance on a map showing 1 degree of longitude smaller than 1 degree of latitude yet both represent the same angle?
The lines of latitude represent degrees of arc being 111 kilometers per degree on the Earths surface. (111111.111 meters). That is how the meter was defined. Lines of longutude have this size on the equator but the lines converge at the poles where the distance between them becomes zero. So on maps, you will see that the distance of lines of latitude are always the same but those of longitude are smaller as distance increases away fro the equator.
Does each degree of longitude correspond to 111 kilometers at the North Pole?
No. All of the meridians of longitude converge at the poles. So the north pole is located at every longitude,and the distance between any two longitudes at the north pole is zero.The largest distance covered by a degree of longitude occurs along the equator, where the meridiansare spread farthest apart. That's where one degree of longitude traverses about 111.22 km. (rounded)
What is the distance between 90 degree east longitude and 91 degree east longitude at the poles is?
zero
What does 1 degrees of latitude equal?
Only at the equator. The linear distance covered by 1 degree of longitude gets progressively smaller as you progress towards the poles, but 1 degree of latitude remains constant.
Does one degree of longitude equal 270 km?
The distance represented by one degree of longitude varies according to distance from the equator. That's because the meridians of longitude are equally distributed around the equator but all converge to a single point at the north and south poles. The greatest distance between any two meridians of longitude, then, is the distance between the points where they cross the equator. Along the equator, one degree of longitude covers about 111.1 kilometers.
What is the distance between two longitudes at the equator?
At the equator, the circumference of the Earth is 40,075.16 km ( 24,901.55 miles). Divide that into 360 equal pieces to get the distance for each one degree of longitude. A degree of longitude at the equator is equal to 111.32 km.
What is distance per degree longitude at 10 degrees latitude in kilometers?
about 109.4
How does the linear distance separating each 1 degree of longitude change as you move from the equator toward the poles?
The linear distance across each degree of longitude at the equator is about 60 miles. That's as far apart as those lines of longitude get. As the lines of longitude run north (or south) to the north (south) pole, they converge until they all meet at the pole. That translates like this: the linear distance separating each degree of longitude is a maximum at the equator, and decreases to zero at the pole.
How many meter in a toposheet make one degree?
That would depend if you are looking at degrees of latitude or degrees of longitude. One degree of longitude represents less distance nearer the poles than it does at the equator. One degree of latitude represents the same distance anywhere on earth.
Is a degree of longitude longer at the eqautor or pole?
1 degree change of longitude corresponds to about 69 miles along the equator.All of the meridians of longitude converge at the north and south poles, so ateither of those locations, any change of longitude corresponds to zero distance.
Why is the distance on a map showing 1 degree of longitude smaller than 1 degree of latitude yet both represent the same angle?
The lines of latitude represent degrees of arc being 111 kilometers per degree on the Earths surface. (111111.111 meters). That is how the meter was defined. Lines of longutude have this size on the equator but the lines converge at the poles where the distance between them becomes zero. So on maps, you will see that the distance of lines of latitude are always the same but those of longitude are smaller as distance increases away fro the equator.
When you are at one of the poles on earth how many miles is each degree?
-- Each degree of latitude, anywhere on Earth, is about 69 miles in a north or south direction. -- Each degree of longitude covers a different distance, depending on the latitude. At the poles, any number of degrees of longitude cover zero distance.
What is distance per degree longitude at 10 degrees latitude?
It looks like 68.06 miles.
