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Is New York closer to the Equator the South Pole or the North Pole?
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New York City is located at 40.7128° N, The Equator at 0°, and the North Pole at 90° N, the South Pole at 90° S.
New York City is about 50 degrees from the North Pole, about 40 degrees from the Equator, and 130 degrees from the South Pole.
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Is Antarctica north or south of the equator?
The south pole is located on the continent of Antarctica.
Is Johannesburg closer to the north or south pole?
Johannesburg is closer to the South Pole.The location of Johannesburg, South Africa is 26.2041° S, and the South Pole is located at 90 degrees S.It is closer to the South Pole.
What is the size of the earth from north to south pole?
The diameter of the Earth from North pole to South pole is 7,899.83 miles. This is only 25 miles less then the distance around the equator, which is 7,926.41.
Is Australia or New Zealand closer to the South Pole?
New Zealand is closer to the South Pole than is Australia.
Which area has daylight of around 12 hours every day all year round?
The answers is either The North Pole, Equator or The South Pole.
Is the equator closer to the North Pole or South Pole?
south
Is the north pole closer to the equator?
the north pole is the same distance to the equator as th south pole.
Is California closer to the north or south pole?
North. Everything north of the Equator is closer to the North Pole.
Is Maryland closer to the north pole or the equator?
the north pole and the equater is south of maryland
If you were in New York City would you be closer to the North Pole or the Equator?
New York City is closer to the equator than the North Pole. It is near 41° N latitude.The equator is 41° south of NYC, but the North Pole is 49° north of the city, about 550 miles (8°) farther away.
Why is the Arctic Circle closer to the Equator than the South Pole?
Look at a globe. The Arctic Circle surrounds the North Pole at the top of it, the South Pole is at the bottom. The equator circles the globe halfway between the two. Whichever way you read it, the Arctic Circle is closer to the equator than the South Pole is, and the Arctic Circle is closer to the equator than it is to the South Pole.
Is the Arctic Ocean closer to the Equator or the South Pole?
The Arctic Ocean is closer to the Equator than it is to the South Pole.
Is Argentina closer to the north or south pole?
Argentina, like Chile, is very long north-to-south, and extends from about 20° S to about 55° S latitude. So northern Argentina is closer by far to the equator, central Argentina is about midway, and southern Argentina is closer to the south pole.
Is the Equator closer to the South Pole or the Arctic Circle?
The equator is the line that runs straight around the middle of the earth, at zero degrees of latitude. The North Pole is at 90 degrees north and the South Pole is at 90 degrees south, so they are both equidistant from the equator. The Arctic Circle is a line of latitude that runs around the earth at 66 degrees and 33 minutes north, that means that it is closer to the equator than the South Pole.
If you were in Madison Wisconsin would you be closer to the North Pole or to the equator?
Madison is slightly closer to the equator than the North Pole.
5. In what direction is the equator from the South Pole?
The equator is North, as is everything else on earth when you are at the South Pole. From the south Pole, every direction is north.The North pole is the northernmost point on Earth. The South Pole is the southernmost point on Earth. The Equator is a line running circumferentially around the Earth and is midway between the poles. The Equator is south of the North Pole and north of the South Pole.All lines of latitude -- including the Equator -- are north of the South Pole.
Is Madison or Wisconsin closer to the Equator or the North Pole?
At latitude 43.1°N, Madison is slightly closer to the equator.
