Do latitude lines tell you the distance east or west of the prime meridian?

Answer 1

No, lines of latitude parallel the equator and never cross each other. Whereas lines of longitude run north/south and intersect at both poles. The Prime Meridian is, by the way, a line of longitude.

Answer 2

No, Latitude is measured in degrees north and south of the equator, while longitude is measured in degrees east and west of the Prime Meridian. An excellent book on the difficulty of measuring this is Longitude by Dana Sorbel.

Answer 3

Longitude is measured in both directions from the prime meridian. Heading east from Greenwich, increasing "east longitude" proceeds across Europe, then across Asia and into the Pacific Ocean. Heading west from Greenwich, increasing "west longitude" proceeds across the Atlantic Ocean, then across North and South America and into the Pacific Ocean. 180 degrees East and 180 degrees West are both the same meridian ... it's the one joining the north and south poles in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, exactly opposite the Prime Meridian. (The International Date Line is nominally supposed to coincide with this meridian, but it jogs in order not to split island nations in the Pacific.)

Answer 4

Latitude lines measure the distance north or south of the equator, not the east or west of the prime meridian. Longitude lines determine the distance east or west of the prime meridian.

Answer 5

i think its west and east

Latitude are East-West of the Prime Meridian. . Longitude are North-South from the Equator.

Answer 6

Lines of latitude run east-west, while measuring distance north-south.

Answer 7

No. That's the description of longitude.

Latitude is measured north and south from the equator.

Answer 8

No. Latitude is measured north and south from the equator.

The Prime Meridian passes through all latitudes, so it can't be

a reference mark for latitude.

Answer 9

Lines of latitude are measured east and west of the Prime Meridian.

Answer 10

No, that's longitude.