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What is the reference line of longitude and what are the degrees?
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Is the prime meridian a line of latitude or a line of longitude?
The Prime Meridian is a line of longitude, and it sits at 0 degrees longitude.
What are the reference point for latitude and longitude?
The latitude and longitude references are lines, not points. The reference for latitude is the line that forms a circle and consists of all points with zero latitude. That line is called the "equator". The reference for longitude is the line that forms a semi-circle and consists of all points with zero longitude. That line is called the "Prime Meridian".
Which line of longitude is found opposite of the Prime Meridian?
The major line of longitude located at 180 degrees longitude is the International Date Line.
What longitude line is the prime meridian located?
0 degrees longitude.
What is an imaginary line running halfway between the north pole and south pole this line is located at 0 degrees longitude?
The imaginary line at zero degrees longitude is the Prime Meridian. The imaginary line halfway between the poles is the Equator. The Equator is zero degrees latitude.
Which longitude line is at 0 degrees?
The Prime Meridian is defined as the zero reference of longitude.
Does 90 degrees west longitude have a name?
No. 90 degrees longitude is not a major line of longitude. Only 0 and 180 degrees longitude, which are the Greenwich Meridian and the International Date Line respectively, are major lines of longitude.
The line of longitude that is zero degrees longitude is the?
prime meridian :/
Is the prime meridian a line of latitude or a line of longitude?
The Prime Meridian is a line of longitude, and it sits at 0 degrees longitude.
What longitude is 59 degrees west of International Date line?
121 degrees east longitude
What are the reference point for latitude and longitude?
The latitude and longitude references are lines, not points. The reference for latitude is the line that forms a circle and consists of all points with zero latitude. That line is called the "equator". The reference for longitude is the line that forms a semi-circle and consists of all points with zero longitude. That line is called the "Prime Meridian".
What degrees of longitude is the international date line on?
Whether travelling to the West or to the East from the Prime Meridian (zero Longitude) the International Date Line is 180 degrees Longitude.
What would be the line of longitude for a place that is west of the prime meridianhalfway between the prime meridian and the180 degrees line of longitude?
90 degrees 40 degrees and 90 degrees
Which line of longitude is found opposite of the Prime Meridian?
The major line of longitude located at 180 degrees longitude is the International Date Line.
What longitude line is the prime meridian located?
0 degrees longitude.
Is 104 degrees west a line of longitude or latitude?
104W is a longitude line. Anything labelled as "E" or "W" is longitude.
What is the line of longitude that marks 0 degrees of longitude?
Prime Meridians.
