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What are the three names for the equator?
Well, there is only one equator on Earth and its called the "Equator".
What is the terminal point for measuring latitude?
The starting point for measuring latitude is the equator... zero degrees. There are two terminal points of latitude: 90 degrees north (the true north pole, not the magnetic north pole), and; 90 degrees south (the true south pole, not the magnetic south pole). When measuring latitude the reference point is always the equator, and the numbers are given as (for example) North 40 degrees, 16 minutes, 13 seconds... or in the real world of sailboats & ships: "North 40 decimal 16 decimal 13".
What is the name of longitude 66.5 degrees south of the equator called?
Nothing (on Earth) is east of the equator. It's east of the prime meridian ... and it's called 66.5 degrees east longitude.
Which ocean is located north of 66.5N?
The Arctic Circle is at 66 degrees 32 minutes N latitude. Everything north of the Arctic circle is considered to be the Arctic.
What is 23 degrees south known as?
One major line of latitude named the Tropic of Capricorn is located at 23.5 degrees south latitude.
The great circle at zero degrees latitude is known by what name?
The Equator
What are the three names for the equator?
Well, there is only one equator on Earth and its called the "Equator".
What is the terminal point for measuring latitude?
The starting point for measuring latitude is the equator... zero degrees. There are two terminal points of latitude: 90 degrees north (the true north pole, not the magnetic north pole), and; 90 degrees south (the true south pole, not the magnetic south pole). When measuring latitude the reference point is always the equator, and the numbers are given as (for example) North 40 degrees, 16 minutes, 13 seconds... or in the real world of sailboats & ships: "North 40 decimal 16 decimal 13".
What is the name of longitude 66.5 degrees south of the equator called?
Nothing (on Earth) is east of the equator. It's east of the prime meridian ... and it's called 66.5 degrees east longitude.
Which ocean is located north of 66.5N?
The Arctic Circle is at 66 degrees 32 minutes N latitude. Everything north of the Arctic circle is considered to be the Arctic.
What is the line of latitude at 0 degrees?
It is known as the "equator".
The Latitude line at 0 degrees is known as the?
the equator
What is the line that 0 degrees that is latitude?
It is known as the "equator".
What line of latitude at 0 degrees of latitude around the the middle of the globe?
It is known as the "equator".
What are longitude and latitude of Antarctica?
The South Pole is located on the continent of Antarctica. The South Pole is at 90 degrees S latitude. The North Pole is at 90 degrees N latitude. All lines of longitude converge at both poles. The Antarctic Circle is at 66 degrees 32 minutes S latitude.
What is the degrees of what latitude lines start from?
All lines of latitude start from the 0 degree latitude line, known as the equator.
What is 23 degrees south known as?
One major line of latitude named the Tropic of Capricorn is located at 23.5 degrees south latitude.
