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in 66° 33′ 39″ N The numbers mean:

° = degrees (as in a circle contains 360°)

′ = Minutes of arc (a minute is equal to one sixtieth (1/60) of one degree)

″ = seconds of arc (a second is equal to one sixtieth (1/60) of one minute)

then comes N or S indicating the measurement is Going North or South from the equator latitude.

or

E or W indicating that the measurement is going East or West from the Greenwich meridian - longitude.

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