34.3581° S 18.4719° E
Cape of Good Hope
Lines of latitude and longitude allow a specific point to be located any where on the world.
Latitude: 34° 5' 0" S Longitude: 18° 51' 0" E
There are places in Africa with north latitudes and other places with south latitudes. Similarly, there are places in Africa with east longitudes and places with west longitudes. That's because both the equator and the Prime Meridian cross Africa.
The north and south poles are at 90° latitude, and ALL longitudes meet there so longitude at the poles is irrelevant. Honestly, it's much easier to discuss these things if you forget about "lines".
Each 'meridian' is a line of constant longitude.
The lines of 10°N latitude and 0° longitude cross in the country of Ghana, located in West Africa.
Lines of latitude and longitude allow a specific point to be located any where on the world.
Latitude: 34° 5' 0" S Longitude: 18° 51' 0" E
There are places in Africa with north latitudes and other places with south latitudes. Similarly, there are places in Africa with east longitudes and places with west longitudes. That's because both the equator and the Prime Meridian cross Africa.
The center of the ACT Legislative Assembly Building is located at 35.2817° south latitude 149.1312° east longitude.
The Equator is 0 degrees latitude, and the Prime (or Grenwich) Meridian is 0 degrees longitude.
The north and south poles are at 90° latitude, and ALL longitudes meet there so longitude at the poles is irrelevant. Honestly, it's much easier to discuss these things if you forget about "lines".
lines of latitude
latitude?
The center of the city is located at 41.87° north latitude 12.47° east longitude.
Each 'meridian' is a line of constant longitude.
Every meridian of longitude is perpendicular to every parallel of latitude, and every parallel of latitude is perpendicular to every meridian of longitude.