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All longitudes converge (meet, come together) at the north and south pole. A drawing of

the globe with some of the meridians added looks like the drawing of a peeled orange, and

the distance between two meridians depends on how far from the equator you measure it.

One degree of longitude measured along the equator represents a distance of about 69.1 miles (111 km),

and it shrinks steadily to zero at the poles.

In general, it's

(distance measured at the equator) multiplied by (cosine of the latitude where you measure it)

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Does each degree of longitude correspond to 111 kilometers at the North Pole?

No. All of the meridians of longitude converge at the poles. So the north pole is located at every longitude,and the distance between any two longitudes at the north pole is zero.The largest distance covered by a degree of longitude occurs along the equator, where the meridiansare spread farthest apart. That's where one degree of longitude traverses about 111.22 km. (rounded)


How many miles in a degree of latitude at 46.5 latitude and 80.9 longitude?

At 46.5° latitude, one degree of latitude is approximately 68.71 miles. The distance in miles covered by one degree of longitude varies based on the latitude, and 80.9° longitude does not affect this latitude calculation.


What is the distance between 90 degree east longitude and 91 degree east longitude at the poles is?

zero


What does 1 degrees of latitude equal?

Only at the equator. The linear distance covered by 1 degree of longitude gets progressively smaller as you progress towards the poles, but 1 degree of latitude remains constant.


How wide is 1 deg longitude?

That all depends on where you are relative to the equator and either one of the poles.The lines of longitude all come together at the north and south poles ... if you see a globe with longitude lines on it, it looks like the sections of an orange.At the equator, 1 degree of longitude is roughly 69 miles. From there, it tapers down to zero at either pole.Math: At any latitude, the distance covered by one degree of longitude is(about 69 miles) multiplied by (the cosine of the latitude).

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Does each degree of longitude correspond to 111 kilometers at the North Pole?

No. All of the meridians of longitude converge at the poles. So the north pole is located at every longitude,and the distance between any two longitudes at the north pole is zero.The largest distance covered by a degree of longitude occurs along the equator, where the meridiansare spread farthest apart. That's where one degree of longitude traverses about 111.22 km. (rounded)


What is the distance between 90 degree east longitude and 91 degree east longitude at the poles is?

zero


How many miles in a degree of latitude at 46.5 latitude and 80.9 longitude?

At 46.5° latitude, one degree of latitude is approximately 68.71 miles. The distance in miles covered by one degree of longitude varies based on the latitude, and 80.9° longitude does not affect this latitude calculation.


What does 1 degrees of latitude equal?

Only at the equator. The linear distance covered by 1 degree of longitude gets progressively smaller as you progress towards the poles, but 1 degree of latitude remains constant.


Does one degree of longitude equal 270 km?

The distance represented by one degree of longitude varies according to distance from the equator. That's because the meridians of longitude are equally distributed around the equator but all converge to a single point at the north and south poles. The greatest distance between any two meridians of longitude, then, is the distance between the points where they cross the equator. Along the equator, one degree of longitude covers about 111.1 kilometers.


What is the distance between two longitudes at the equator?

At the equator, the circumference of the Earth is 40,075.16 km ( 24,901.55 miles). Divide that into 360 equal pieces to get the distance for each one degree of longitude. A degree of longitude at the equator is equal to 111.32 km.


How wide is 1 deg longitude?

That all depends on where you are relative to the equator and either one of the poles.The lines of longitude all come together at the north and south poles ... if you see a globe with longitude lines on it, it looks like the sections of an orange.At the equator, 1 degree of longitude is roughly 69 miles. From there, it tapers down to zero at either pole.Math: At any latitude, the distance covered by one degree of longitude is(about 69 miles) multiplied by (the cosine of the latitude).


What is distance per degree longitude at 10 degrees latitude in kilometers?

about 109.4


How does the linear distance separating each 1 degree of longitude change as you move from the equator toward the poles?

The linear distance across each degree of longitude at the equator is about 60 miles. That's as far apart as those lines of longitude get. As the lines of longitude run north (or south) to the north (south) pole, they converge until they all meet at the pole. That translates like this: the linear distance separating each degree of longitude is a maximum at the equator, and decreases to zero at the pole.


Why is the distance on a map showing 1 degree of longitude smaller than 1 degree of latitude yet both represent the same angle?

The lines of latitude represent degrees of arc being 111 kilometers per degree on the Earths surface. (111111.111 meters). That is how the meter was defined. Lines of longutude have this size on the equator but the lines converge at the poles where the distance between them becomes zero. So on maps, you will see that the distance of lines of latitude are always the same but those of longitude are smaller as distance increases away fro the equator.


How many meter in a toposheet make one degree?

That would depend if you are looking at degrees of latitude or degrees of longitude. One degree of longitude represents less distance nearer the poles than it does at the equator. One degree of latitude represents the same distance anywhere on earth.


What is distance per degree longitude at 10 degrees latitude?

At 10 degrees latitude, the distance per degree of longitude is approximately 111.32 kilometers. This value gradually decreases as you move towards the poles.