Location, Location, Location Geography Terms Location, Location, Location

Relative Location A location of a place in relation to another place ie “Boulder is twenty-five miles northwest of Denver” “Fairview is near Viele Lake" “Colorado is located in the Western United States”

Absolute Location The exact position of a place on Earth Fairview High School - 39 degrees, 58 minutes, 21 seconds North 105 degrees, 14 minutes, 24 seconds West

Absolute Location 39 degrees, 58 minutes, 21 seconds North Fairview High School - 39 degrees, 58 minutes, 21 seconds North 105 degrees, 14 minutes, 24 seconds West This can also be expressed as: 39.972622,-105.240238

Washington D.C. 38 °N, 77 ° W Or 38 °, -77 ° Another example Washington D.C. 38 °N, 77 ° W Or 38 °, -77 °

Latitude Position on the Earth’s surface either North or South of the Equator North is expressed as a positive and South is expressed as a negative

Longitude Position on the Earth's surface east or west of the Prime Meridian East is expressed as a positive and West is expressed as a negative

Degrees - ° Minutes – ‘ Seconds – “ sixty minutes in one degree How is Absolute Location Expressed? Degrees - ° Minutes – ‘ sixty minutes in one degree Seconds – “ sixty seconds in one minute

Any of the imaginary lines around the earth parallel to the equator, Parallels Any of the imaginary lines around the earth parallel to the equator,

Important Parallels Equator Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn Arctic Circle Antarctic Circle

Prime Meridian The Prime Meridian is the vertical line that marks the zero degree longitude measurement on the Earth

Lines of Longitude Meridians A meridian (or line of longitude), is an imaginary arc on the Earth's surface from the North Pole to the South Pole that connects all locations running along it with a given longitude

Absolute Location of the Poles North Pole – 90 degrees North South Pole – 90 degrees South

International Date Line International Date Line sits on the 180º line of longitude in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and is the imaginary line that separates two consecutive calendar days It is not a perfectly straight line and has been moved slightly over the years to accommodate needs of varied countries in the Pacific Ocean. Note how it bends to include all of Kiribati in the Eastern Hemisphere

Antipodes The point on the Earth's surface which is diametrically opposite to another.