Basic Latitude and Longitude

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Basic Latitude and Longitude

World Hemispheres

Another View

Latitude (flat) – Longitude (long)

Similar to the game Battleship Instead of a grid pattern that goes from A1 – J10, Latitude and Longitude starts at 0 and 0 degrees – then moving both North or South and East or West.

Special Lines of Latitude 23 Special Lines of Latitude 23.5 degrees North = Tropic of Cancer 0 degrees = Equator 23.5 degrees South = Tropic of Capricorn

90º N 45º N 0º Latitude 45º S 90º S 180º W 135º W 90º W 45º W 0º Longitude 45º E 90º E 135º E 180º E