The zero (0) degrees of latitude is the Equator.
The intersection of 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude is known as the Prime Meridian and the Equator.
No, latitude is not another name for the equator. The equator is a specific line of latitude at 0 degrees, and latitude refers to the angular distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees.
The Prime Meridian is the line whose longitude is defined as zero. The equator is the line whose latitude is defined as zero.
0 degrees longitude
the line 0 degrees latitude is called the
0 degrees latitude is the Equator.
The equator is at 0 degrees. The South Pole is at 90 degrees S latitude. The Tropic of Capricorn is at about 22.5 degrees S latitude.
The prime meridian is a line at 0 degrees longitude.
The equator is at 0 degrees latitude.
The Equator is 0 degrees latitude, and the Prime (or Grenwich) Meridian is 0 degrees longitude.
longitude
There are 90 degrees latitude from the equator (zero degrees latitude) to the North Pole.