What line is used to measure how far from the equator a place is?

Answer 1

The lines of latitude run parallel to the equator and tell you how far north or south you are from it. The units of measurement, however, are in angular degrees. New York City, for example, lies at 40.77 degrees North latitude, which is sometimes expressed as 40 degrees, 46 minutes, 12 seconds North latitude.

Answer 2

Lines of latitude mark distances from equator to each respective pole. From 0

degrees latitude (the Equator), there are 90 degrees to each pole. Each degree of

latitude is 60 nautical miles. 1 nautical mile is approximately 6,076 feet. So,

90degrees x 60nm/degree = 5,400 nautical miles from the Equator to a pole. This is a

very rough calculation, because the Earth is not perfectly round. Be sure to

remember, that a statute mile is 5,280 feet (rather than 6,076 feet). So, in terms of

statute miles, the Earth's circumference is closer to 25,000 miles.

Air and land navigation typically uses nautical miles or distance measurement. Speed

is in nautical miles per hour (called "knots").

Lines o latitude are parallel to each other, so the distance between them is the same

no matter how far you are from the Equator. But, lines of longitude (from north pole

to south pole) are not parallel -- the distance spanned by one degree is greatest at

the equator (basically 1 nm), but the instant you move north or south the distance

of one degree starts shrinking as the lines of longitude merge the closer you get to

the poles.

Answer 3

Its latitude.

Answer 4

lines of latitude

Answer 5

latitude