Latitude & Longitude

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Test in 2 classes – next Thursday Next class you’ll get a review sheet It’ll be up on the class website that night You can start looking through your notes if you like

Latitude Latitude: these horizontal lines are called parallels of latitude. The Equator is at 0°. (The Equator divides the globe into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere). The numbers go up to 90° North (the North Pole) and 90° South (the South Pole).

The area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn is the called the Tropics.

Longitude Longitude: these vertical lines are called meridians of longitude. The Prime or Greenwich Meridian is at 0° (it’s called that since it goes through Greenwich, England). It divides the world into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

The Prime (Greenwich) Meridian is the 0° line of longitude. The International Date Line is the 180° line of longitude. This is where the date changes at midnight.

Cardinal Directions Cardinal Directions: N, S, E, W Ordinal Directions: NE, NW, SE, SW

Solstices & Equinoxes

Winter Solstice Between Dec 21-23 in the Northern Hemisphere Hours of sun in Reykjavik: 4:08 Between Dec 21-23 in the Northern Hemisphere This is the shortest day of the year in the N. Hemisphere 24 hour night in Arctic Circle Sun directly overhead (Subsolar point) at Tropic of Capricorn Hours of sun in London: 7:50 Hours of sun in Ottawa: 9:15 Hours of sun in Singapore: 12:03

Summer Solstice Between June 20-22 in Northern Hemisphere Longest day of the year in N. Hemisphere 24 hour day in Arctic Circle (Midnight Sun) Subsolar point is at Tropic of Cancer Hours of sun in Barrow, Alaska: 24 Hours of sun in Toronto: 15:26