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Q: What is the name of the line which is the furthest point north where the sun is ever directly overhead at noon?
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Point directly overhead?

Zenith.


What the furthest point north on the Earth is called?

The point furthest north on the earth's surface is the point at 90 degrees north latitude, popularly referred to as the "north pole". The point furthest south on the earth's surface is the point at 90 degrees south latitude, popularly referred to as the "south pole".


What point in the US is farthest north?

Alaska is furthest north and the point is Point Barrow.


What is the point from which an azimuth originates?

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Was the sun ever directly overhead in colorado?

No, the sun is never directly over any point north of the Tropic of Cancer or south of the Tropic of Capricorn.


The point directly overhead of an observer is said to be his?

Zenith


What is the importance of tropic of Cancer?

The Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn are the farthest possible north and south, respectively,where the sun can be directly overhead at a point on earth.


Where is the location of Paris?

Get a map of France. Draw a line from the furthest point West to the furthest point East, and another from furthes south to furthest north. Where the lines cross is Paris.


The point in the sky which is directly overhead is called the?

its called the Zenith


Why are the tropics of cancer and Capricorn important?

The Tropic of Cancer is a line of latitude (23.5 o N) where the Sun is directly overhead at the Summer Solstice. The Tropic of Capricorn is a line of latitude (23.5 o S) where the Sun is directly overhead at the Winter Solstice.


Where is the furthest point north WA or QLD?

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Is Minnesota the furthest point north in the continental US?

Nope, Point Barrow, AK is furthest north in the continental US. In the Contiguous US, Northwest Angle, MN is farthest north.