How many lines of latitude are there on the globe?

Answer 1

All the way once around the globe is defined as 360 degrees. You're free

to draw as few or as many lines on your map as you want in that range.

There is no standard set of "lines" that everybody is required to use.

They're just marks that some manufacturers print on their maps and globes,

and others don't.

Personally, I use software that can display 648,000 lines around the globe

if I want to see them. That's one roughly every 200 feet north or south, all

around the Earth. Usually, I don't need that many. And if the spot I'm looking

at falls between two of those lines, I estimate the latitude between those

two numbers.

The latitudes of places on the Earth cover a range of 180 degrees ... from

-90 at the south pole to +90 at the north pole. Again, different maps and

globes have different numbers of lines that mark some even latitude divisions.

Answer 2

From the north pole to the south pole, there are 180 degrees of latitude on

Earth. You're free to draw as few or as many lines as you feel you'd like to

have on your map or globe, and you can draw lines at any latitudes you want.

There's no standard set of 'lines' that everybody is required to use.

My mapping software can give me 324,000 lines of latitude on the screen if

I want them. But I've never felt the need for them, and when I turn them all

on to see what they look like, I can't see anything on the map under the lines.

Answer 3

There are a total of 180 lines of latitude on the globe, with 90 lines in the Northern Hemisphere and 90 lines in the Southern Hemisphere.