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That point is in northeastern Mali, about 300 miles northeast of Timbuktu, in Africa.

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Which continent is located at the intersection of the 20 degrees North latitude and the prime meridian?

A set of latitude/longitude numbers nails down a single point on the Earth. The point can be located on a continent, but a whole continent can't be located at a point. The point 20° N / 0° is in the Sahara desert in northeast Mali, about 990 miles north of Accra, Ghana, and 1,050 miles east of Africa's Atlantic coast.


What continent is at 0 degrees and 0 degrees where the equator and prime meridian cross nearest at?

The continent at 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude (the intersection of the equator and prime meridian) is Africa. The point is located in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Ghana and Liberia.


Where is latitude 00 and longitude 00?

The intersection of latitude 00 and longitude 00 is located off the coast of Africa in the Atlantic Ocean, near the Gulf of Guinea. This point is known as the Prime Meridian (0 degrees longitude) and the equator (0 degrees latitude).


Point on Earth's surface having zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude would be located?

It would be located at the point where the Equator crosses the Prime Meridian. That point is at sea in the Gulf of Guinea, about 385 miles south of Accra, Ghana.


What is at the intersection of the Prime Meridian and the Tropic of Capricorn?

The intersection of the Prime Meridian (0 degrees) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degrees South) is located in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa, near the country of Gabon. There is no significant landmass at this intersection point.

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Which continent is located at the intersection of the 20 degrees North latitude and the prime meridian?

A set of latitude/longitude numbers nails down a single point on the Earth. The point can be located on a continent, but a whole continent can't be located at a point. The point 20° N / 0° is in the Sahara desert in northeast Mali, about 990 miles north of Accra, Ghana, and 1,050 miles east of Africa's Atlantic coast.


What continent is at 0 degrees and 0 degrees where the equator and prime meridian cross nearest at?

The continent at 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude (the intersection of the equator and prime meridian) is Africa. The point is located in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Ghana and Liberia.


What continent is found at 40 degrees north and 100 degrees east?

The Asian continent is located at this intersection of longitude and latitude.


Where is latitude 00 and longitude 00?

The intersection of latitude 00 and longitude 00 is located off the coast of Africa in the Atlantic Ocean, near the Gulf of Guinea. This point is known as the Prime Meridian (0 degrees longitude) and the equator (0 degrees latitude).


What continent is located at 90 south latitude?

Antarctica is the continent located at 90 south latitude. It is the southernmost continent on Earth and is predominantly covered by ice.


What continent is located on both the equator and the prime meridian?

africa


What continent is located at the intersection of the equator and 60w longitude?

South America is located at the intersection of the equator and 60W longitude.


What degree is the prime meridian located at?

The longitude of the Prime Meridian, by international definition and agreement, is zero (0°). .Every point on the Prime Meridian has a different latitude, and every latitude on Earthhas a point on the Prime Meridian.


Are lines of latitude also called meridians?

From what I can remember, the latitude line located at 0 is the meridian line. But I can be wrong


Point on Earth's surface having zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude would be located?

It would be located at the point where the Equator crosses the Prime Meridian. That point is at sea in the Gulf of Guinea, about 385 miles south of Accra, Ghana.


What gulf is located south of the intersection of 50 degrees East latitude and 30 degrees north Longitude?

The gulf of Oman


Latitude of Geneva?

The intersection of Main St and Seneca St in downtown Geneva, NY is located at 42.8666