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Africa
about 8 degrees north of the equator i.e 0 degrees latitude.
There's no continent there. That point is in the Indian Ocean, about 80 miles east of the coast of Madagascar. The nearest continent is Africa, but I wouldn't want to have to swim it.
90 degrees south latitude is the precise location of the South Pole. The South Pole is in Antarctica, a continent of quite some size. It contains no oceans. The South Atlantic runs from the Equator to about 77 degrees south and from 20 degrees east to 65 degrees west
That point is on the Antarctic continent, about 240 miles "inland" from the nearest coast. There are no cities in Antarctica.
Africa
The Prime Meridian and the Equator intersect in the sea off the west African coast. So the continent is Africa and, according to Google, it is off the Ivory Coast/Gabon.
about 8 degrees north of the equator i.e 0 degrees latitude.
From South Africa, travelling westerly along the 30 degrees line of latitude, the nearest continent is the east coast of South America.
There's no continent there. That point is in the Indian Ocean, about 80 miles east of the coast of Madagascar. The nearest continent is Africa, but I wouldn't want to have to swim it.
There is no city at that location. The nearest is Xiongxian, in the Hebei province of China.
You are probably thinking of latitude, which shows distance from the equator as the angle subtended by the arc between the place and the nearest point on the equator. For instance, the latitude of London, United Kingdom, is 51.5 degrees N.
Antarctica is a continent. The nearest continent to it is South America.
The nearest part of the continent of Africa is a long way south of Holland, over 1,400 miles.
Jamaica is hot most of the times because it is location in the tropical zone which is near the equator. The equator is the nearest to the sun.
90 degrees south latitude is the precise location of the South Pole. The South Pole is in Antarctica, a continent of quite some size. It contains no oceans. The South Atlantic runs from the Equator to about 77 degrees south and from 20 degrees east to 65 degrees west
The Equator is equidistant from both poles.