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What distance is represented by one second of latitude. 60 minutes for each degree?
one minute of latitude is approximately 1.15 miles (1.853 km). You can just divide that by 60 to get the distance for one second and multiply 60 to get 60 minutes.
What distance is represented by one minute of latitued 60 minutes for each degree?
One minute of latitude represents 1 nautical mile
How is a drgree of longitude or latitude further subdivided?
Each degree is divided into 60 minutes, and each minute is divided into 60 seconds. While the distance represented by a degree of longitude can vary with the latitude, each degree of latitude (north and south) is equal to 60 nautical miles, so one minute of latitude is equal to 1 nautical mile. (About 1.15 statute miles) One nautical mile is equal to 2026 yards, so one second of latitude is equal to 33.8 feet.
What is the distance in miles from the Equator to Aruba?
Aruba is about 863 miles [1,389 kilometers; 750 nautical miles] from the Equator.Aruba's latitude is 12 degrees 30 minutes North latitude. One degree of latitude is equal to about 69 miles [60 nautical miles]. There are 60 minutes in one degree of latitude. The formula to figure the distance is 12.5 x 69 miles [60 nautical miles]. The result is 863 miles [750 nautical miles].
Does minutes of latitude measure time from the equator?
No, minutes of latitude measure distance north or south from the equator. Each degree of latitude is divided into 60 minutes, with one minute of latitude being approximately equal to one nautical mile.
What is each degree of latitude divided into?
Each degree of latitude is divided into 60 minutes, and each minute is further divided into 60 seconds.
How many seconds are in each minute of latitude?
The latitude and longitude are input in degrees, so you might need to convert to degrees from degrees:minutes:seconds. There are 60 seconds in 1 minute and 60 minutes in 1 degree. So, for example: 65:45:36 south latitude converts to -(65 degrees + (45 minutes * (1 degree/60 minutes)) + (36 seconds * (1 minute/60 seconds) * (1 degree/60 minutes))) = -65.76 degrees latitude
What is each degree of latitude or longitude further subdivided into?
Minutes (1/60 of a degree) and seconds (1/60 of a minutes). After that you use decimals of a second.
What degree of latitude consists of 60 equal parts?
One degree of latitude is divided into 60 minutes. Each minute is further divided into 60 seconds.
How far does a car going 60 miles per hour travel in one minute?
distance = rate x time distance = (60 miles / hour) x (1 hour / (60 minutes)) x (1 minute) distance = 60 miles / hour x hour / (60 minutes) x 1 minute distance = 60 miles / (60 minutes) x 1 minute distance = 60 miles / 60 x 1 distance = 1 mile
How many seconds are there in one degree latitude?
There are 60 minute to each degree and 60 secons to each minute. 1 degree = 60 minutes 60 minutes = 3600 seconds
Is each degree of latitude divided into 360 minutes?
A "line" of latitude is a circle that goes all the way around the earth, parallel to the equator. The "line" is made up of all the points on Earth that have the same latitude, and any latitude you name makes a different "line". The"line" is not divided up into any parts. Latitude is an angle. Latitudes are described in units of angles, usually degrees and parts of a degree. There are 60 minutes in one degree of angle, and 60 seconds in one minute of angle.
