It's a description of the location of an imaginary line all the way around the earth.
It means that if you were sitting in a comfortable chair at the center of the earth looking at
the equator, you'd have to rotate your eyes up through an angle of 54 degrees 40 minutes
(that's 54 and 2/3 degrees) to point your eyes at this imaginary line. Then, as the earth
rotated around you, you would see all the places on earth that are located at this latitude.
The closest major city is Madrid, located at 40 degrees 25 minutes north latitude and 3 degrees 39 minutes west longitude, a 2 degrees east difference.
40 degrees, 13 minutes north, 74 degrees 45 minutes west.
In the late 1600s, Connecticut's borders in terms of latitude and longitude were approximately 40 degrees 58 minutes to 42 degrees 3 minutes north latitude and 71 degrees 47 minutes to 73 degrees 44 minutes west longitude.
McMurdo Station: Latitude: 77 degrees, 50 minutes South Longitude: 166 degrees, 40 minutes West
Arcata Airport Latitude 40 degrees 58 minutes 45 seconds Longitude 124 degrees 6 minutes 27 seconds
The closest major city is Madrid, located at 40 degrees 25 minutes north latitude and 3 degrees 39 minutes west longitude, a 2 degrees east difference.
40 degrees, 13 minutes north, 74 degrees 45 minutes west.
40 degrees 29 minutes north, 121 degrees 30 minutes west.
55 degrees 40 minutes North by 12 degrees 34 minutes East.
Latitude: 35.671944435° 40' 18" N35 degrees, 40 minutes, 18 seconds North Longitude:51.424444451° 25' 27" E51 degrees, 25 minutes, 27 seconds East
Wellington's latitude is 41 degrees 17 minutes South, so therefore is south of the 40 degrees south line
40 degrees. The equator is zero latitude.
Latitude is 40 degrees 47 minutes north. Longitude is 111 degrees 57 minutes west.
Latitude is 40 degrees 47 minutes north. Longitude is 111 degrees 57 minutes west
40 degrees 25 minutes North, 3 degrees 42 minutes West.
In the late 1600s, Connecticut's borders in terms of latitude and longitude were approximately 40 degrees 58 minutes to 42 degrees 3 minutes north latitude and 71 degrees 47 minutes to 73 degrees 44 minutes west longitude.
No. The northern border of Tennessee is about 36 degrees, 40 minutes North, and the southern border is about 35 degrees North. 40 degrees North is nearer Indianapolis and Springfield, IL.