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1 Press Ctrl-A ©G Dear 2009 – Not to be sold/Free to use Distances along the Earth Surface Stage 6 - Year 12 General Mathematics HSC

2 North Pole South Pole Latitude (1/7) Small circles parallel to the equator are called Parallels of Latitude. They are the angle between the small circle and The equator. 50 o Latitude = 50 o N

3 North Pole South Pole Latitude (2/7) 30 o Latitude = 30 o S

4 North Pole South Pole Longitude (3/7) Longitude = 0 o Meridian Greenwich Greenwich Meridian Inter nation al date line Longitude = 180 o International Date Line

5 International Date Line (4/7) Longitude = 180 o International Date Line The line moves east and west to avoid populated areas

6 International Date Line (5/7)

7 North Pole South Pole Longitude (6/7) Latitude = 30 o S Meridian Greenwich Inter nation al date line Longitude = 150 o E Sydney 30 o S 150 o E Sydney (30 o S,150 o E)

8 Longitude/Longitude (7/7) Sydney (30 o S, 150 o E)

9 Longitude/Longitude (7/7) Paris (49 o N, 2 o E)

10 Longitude/Longitude (7/7) Washington (39 o N, 77 o W)

11 Longitude/Longitude (7/7) Quito (0 o N, 79 o W)

12 Longitude/Longitude (7/7) Cape Town (34 o S, 18 o E)

13 Longitude/Longitude (7/7) Tokyo (35 o N, 140 o E)

14 Longitude/Longitude (7/7) Moscow (56 o N, 38 o E)

15 Longitude/Longitude (7/) London (52 o N, 0 o )