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Firstly, different maps or atlases draw lines of latitude and longitude in varying degrees apart. Although most maps have differences of 10 degrees apart, atlases can be as close as 1 or 2 degrees.
Secondly, you might be referring to the major lines of latitude and longitude, such as the Equator and the Prime Meridian. Some maps that are very small only show the major lines of latitude and longitude. The difference between the equator and the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn is 23.5 degrees, while the difference between the equator and the Arctic and Antarctic Circles is 66.5 degrees. The difference between the Prime Meridian and the International Date Line is 180 degrees.
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What is the difference between one degree of longitude between Adak Alaska and Barrow Alaska?
At the latitude of Adak, 1° longitude = 68.59 km (42.62 miles) At the latitude of Barrow, 1° longitude = 35.64 km (22.15 miles) Difference = 32.95 km (20.47 miles) longer at Adak
What is the latitude and longitude of New Mexico?
Latitude: 21 degree north Longitude: 103 degree west
What is the time difference between two latitudes?
there is no time difference between any two locations separated by x-amount of latitude as long as they are on the same longitude. When they are on different longitudes and separated by latitude count the number of longitudes between the locations to get the time difference
What is the latitude and longitude degree of Tunisia?
The latitude and longitude degree of Tunisia is 34°00'N & 9°00'E.
How many miles in a degree of latitude at 46.5 latitude and 80.9 longitude?
At 46.5° latitude, one degree of latitude is approximately 68.71 miles. The distance in miles covered by one degree of longitude varies based on the latitude, and 80.9° longitude does not affect this latitude calculation.
Why is there a difference of 281 km between latitudinal and longitudinal distance of India?
The difference of 281 km between latitudinal and longitudinal distance in India arises from the Earth's curvature and the way latitude and longitude lines are structured. Latitude lines are parallel and equally spaced, while longitude lines converge at the poles. In India, which spans approximately 30 degrees of latitude and 78 degrees of longitude, the distance covered by one degree of longitude decreases as one moves away from the equator, while the distance covered by one degree of latitude remains relatively constant, leading to this discrepancy.
What is one degree of latitude equal to in nautical miles?
The lines of longitude radiate out from the poles. At their point of origin, i.e. at 90o latitude, there is no distance at all between the lines! However, at latitude 89o, very near the poles, the distance between the respective 'one degree' lines of longitude is about one nautical mile. At latitude 48.37o the distance along the line of latitude is 40 nautical miles And a 1o longitude difference along the equator (0o latitude) represents a distance of about 60.1 nautical miles. For calculator, see Related links below this box
What is the unit of latitude and longitude?
degree
What is the name for the lines of zero degree latitude and zero degree longitude?
0 longitude is the prime meridian. 0 latitude is the equator.
What is the latitude and longitude of San Gabriel mounains to the nearest degree?
For Latitude 130! and Longitude 150!
How many miles is in 1 degree?
Degrees of longitude are uniform in length. 1 degree (Longitude) = 69.69 miles*Cos(Ө)(latitude) however the length of a degree of latitude depends on were you are on the planet. A degree of latitude at the equator is notable longer than, for example, a degree of latitude at the latitude of Toronto, Canada.
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.
