The 20 degree north line of latitude passes through Africa, Asia, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.
Degrees of latitude only go to 90 for north or south.
The 60th parallel of north latitude crosses Alaska, something like 80 miles south of Anchorage and 115 miles north of Juneau. That means that 90% of the state or more is located north of 60°, and only the small part that remains is south of that latitude.
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no, it is the zero degree line of longitude the equator would be the zero degree line of latitude
The equator is the line of zero latitude, and it circles the 'middle' of the earth. For every latitude number between zero and 90 degrees, there are two lines with the same number ... one north of the equator and one south of it.
The Equator is the line of 0 degrees latitude. The latitudes of the North Pole is 90 degrees north, and the South Pole is 90 degrees south.
No line of latitude is a north/south line. A move to the north or south is a change of latitude.
washington, idaho, montana, north dakota, and part of minnesota
Utah's state capital is further north because the 40 degree north line of latitude goes through both states and the capital of Illinois is below the line of latitude and Utah's is above it.