Ecuador is the South American country that is crossed by the equator. The country's name comes from its location on the equator, and its capital city, Quito, has a famous monument marking the exact location of the equator.
The monument marking the site of the Myall Creek massacre of Aborigines is located just off the main road between Bingara and Delungra in northern NSW. It is about 20km out of Bingara.
The equator is at 0 degrees latitude.
The Four Corners Monument is not accurate in marking the exact point where four states meet. The monument is slightly misplaced, and the actual intersection point is about 1,800 feet to the east.
The Australian east coast city closest to the Tropic of Capricorn is Rockhampton. A monument marking the Tropic of Capricorn is located just South of the city.
On maps and globes, and in our computer programs. Latitude and longitude are mathematical concepts, but there are very few places on Earth where people have depicted them physically. One such place is at the Greenwich Observatory in London, England; there's a brass strip through the observatory marking the zero mark of longitude, and you can put one foot on the western hemisphere and the other foot in the eastern hemisphere. There's a similar monument in Ecuador, marking the equator, the dividing line between north and south.
The Four Corners Monument, marking the intersection of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, is located at approximately 36°59'56.315" N latitude and 109°2'42.620" W longitude.
One way to remember the Tropic of Capricorn and Cancer is to think of them as imaginary lines parallel to the Equator, marking the northernmost and southernmost points where the sun appears directly overhead at least once a year. The Tropic of Cancer is located approximately 23.5 degrees north of the Equator, while the Tropic of Capricorn is located approximately 23.5 degrees south of the Equator. Remembering their positions relative to the Equator can help you recall which is which.
The tropic of capricorn is a parrel on the earth
The Tropic of Cancer is a circle of latitude located approximately 23.5 degrees north of the equator. It can be drawn on a map or globe by measuring 23.5 degrees north of the equator and marking a line at that latitude. Additionally, many maps and globes already have the Tropic of Cancer marked.
The equator is the imaginary line that divides the Earth at its widest point, marking 0 degrees latitude. The equator divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
The vernal equinox on the celestial sphere corresponds to the Prime Meridian on geographic maps. This is where the Sun crosses the celestial equator, marking the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. On maps, the Prime Meridian serves as the reference point for measuring longitude and is located at 0 degrees.