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What is one of many lines on the global grid that circle the earth north or south of the equator used to measure degrees of latitude?
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Degrees of latitude run east and west around the globe. They are also called parallels of latitude.
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What are the 5 important lines of latitude and where are they located?
Equator (0 degrees latitude)Tropic of Cancer (23.5 degrees north latitude)Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degrees south latitude)Arctic Circle (66.5 degrees north latitude)Antarctic Circle (66.5 degrees south latitude)
What is the line of latitude located about 66.5 degrees north of the equator?
Artic Circle
Are the Arctic Circle 23 degrees south and the Equator lines of latitude or longitude?
First of all, the Arctic Circle is the one at roughly 23.5 degrees North.It ... along with the equator, the Antarctic Circle, and the Tropics of Cancerand Capricorn ... are all parallels of constant latitude.
The parallel of latitude that is north of the equator?
There are 2 major lines of latitude located north of the equator. The Tropic of Cancer is located at 23.5 degrees north latitude while the Arctic Circle is located at 66.5 degrees north latitude.
What degrees latitude is the Antarctic Circle?
The answer will vary significantly depending on whether you're asking about the temperature or the location, both of which can be expressed in degrees.
Does the equator circle the earth at 0 degrees latitude?
Yes.
The great circle at zero degrees latitude is known by what name?
The Equator
What are the 5 important lines of latitude and where are they located?
Equator (0 degrees latitude)Tropic of Cancer (23.5 degrees north latitude)Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degrees south latitude)Arctic Circle (66.5 degrees north latitude)Antarctic Circle (66.5 degrees south latitude)
What longitude is the Arctic Circle?
It is the parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33′ 44″ (or 66.5622°) north of the Equator. It exists at every longitude.
The line of latitude that is about 66.5 degrees north of the equator is called the?
Arctic Circle
What is the line of latitude located about 66.5 degrees north of the equator?
Artic Circle
Which tropical latitude is between the arctic circle and the equator?
The "tropical latitudes" are the latitudes within 23.5 degrees of the equator, both north and south of it. The half of the "tropics" between the equator and the Arctic Circle is the half between the equator and 23.5 degrees north latitude. The line at 23.5 degrees north latitude that marks the northern boundary of the tropics is the "Tropic of Cancer".
Is the Antarctic Circle latitude or longitude?
The Antarctic Circle is the collection of all the points on earth that are 23.5 degreessouth of the equator ... 23.5 degrees south latitude.
Are the Arctic Circle 23 degrees south and the Equator lines of latitude or longitude?
First of all, the Arctic Circle is the one at roughly 23.5 degrees North.It ... along with the equator, the Antarctic Circle, and the Tropics of Cancerand Capricorn ... are all parallels of constant latitude.
The parallel of latitude that is north of the equator?
There are 2 major lines of latitude located north of the equator. The Tropic of Cancer is located at 23.5 degrees north latitude while the Arctic Circle is located at 66.5 degrees north latitude.
What degrees latitude is the Antarctic Circle?
The answer will vary significantly depending on whether you're asking about the temperature or the location, both of which can be expressed in degrees.
Which is the smallest latitude?
Meridians of longitude are half-circles. All of them have the same length.Circles of latitude have zero length at the poles, and are longest at the equator.
