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Earth's Axis
The horizontal line that goes around the "waist" of the Earth is the Equator. The vertical line that goes vertically around the Earth, through the poles, is the Prime Meridian.
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23.44° south latitude is the Tropic of Capricorn. It is the farthest south that the sun can ever be directly overhead (on the December solstice).
A Parallel - because they are imaginary lines that run around the earth parallel to the equator
The imaginary line that runs north and south from the North Pole to the South Pole at 0 degrees longitude is called the Prime Meridian.
The imaginary line that forms the northern boundary of most of Antarctica is the Antarctic Circle, located at approximately 66.5 degrees south latitude. Beyond this line, there are restrictions on sunlight and daylight hours due to the tilt of the Earth's axis.
The Antarctic Circle is at 66 degrees 32 minutes S latitude and marks the point on the Earth's surface where the Sun does not appear above the horizon at the Winter Solstice. It also marks the northernmost point of the Antarctic Frigid Zone.
The lines on a globe which run north and south are called meridians, or lines of longitude. They run from the North Pole to the South Pole, and only in pairs do they "circle" the Earth.They are used to calculate distance between points on the Earth's surface in an east-west direction. Beginning at the arbitrarily-defined Prime Meridian (0° longitude), they are measured in degrees east or west of that line, which is an angular measurement that can be translated into rough linear distance.Used in conjunction with the lines of latitude (measuring distance north or south of the equator), they can define any point on the surface of the Earth.
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The African Boundary The southern boundary of the tropics is the Tropic of Capricorn.
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