Latitude is either north or south. Longitude is either east or west. The question
is quite ambiguous.
If we ignore the words and just look for 45 W, 50 N, that doesn't put us in Asia
at all. That point is in the north Atlantic Ocean, about 390 miles northeast of
St. John's, Newfoundland.
Whoa ! Latitude is either north or south. Longitude is either east or west.
The question is very ambiguous.
If we ignore the words and just look for 45 W, 50 N, that doesn't put us in
Asia at all. That point is in the north Atlantic Ocean, about 390 miles northeast
of St. John's, Newfoundland.
There's no Asian country near that location. The point is in the sea, roughly
midway between the mainland of Norway ... a European country ... and its
islands of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
The nearest piece of Asian land appears to be some far-north Russian islands,
about 500 miles to the northeast of this point.
That point is in the Russian Federation, about 90 miles north-northeast of Volgograd.
russia
a country
That seems to be in Argentina.
Delaware is a state of the US found in the Atlantic Coast. The state latitude is 39.0000° N and a longitude of 75.5000° W.
Chad
Isthmus of Panama in Panama.
Lines of latitude allow any position north or south of the Equator to be found with reasonably accuracy. Which, along with lines of longitude, are extremely important in the navigation of shipping.
The Asian continent is located at this intersection of longitude and latitude.
That seems to be in Argentina.
Every point on the surface of the earth has latitude and longitude. If the latitude and longitude of a point are given and they're sufficiently accurate, the point can be found within less than an inch, anywhere on earth.
Delaware is a state of the US found in the Atlantic Coast. The state latitude is 39.0000° N and a longitude of 75.5000° W.
You have found the absolute location.
13 S 16 E is Huambo, Angola, Africa (not an island country).
Chad
Isthmus of Panama in Panama.
Isthmus of Panama in Panama.
Tucson, AZ may be found here on a map: Latitude: N 32° 13' 18.2744" | Longitude: W 110° 55' 35.3244"
Longitude are the vertical lines found in a map or globe while latitude are the horizontal lines.
If you use longitude and latitude you can find a location easily on the globe.