1. Maps Latitude and Longitude

2. Latitude AKA- Parallels Run horizontally, east and west
Creates Northern and Southern Hemisphere
Measured from 090ºNorth in northern hemisphere
Measured from 090ºSouth in southern hemisphere

3. Latitude continued Important latitude lines: Tropic of Cancer- 23ºN
Equator-0º
Tropic of Capricorn-23ºS
Arctic Circle- 60ºN
Antarctic Circle- 60ºS

4. Latitude Lines of latitude run all the way around the Earth
Lines of latitude are not all the same length

5. Longitude AKA meridians Run north and south (vertically)
Create eastern and western hemisphere
Measured from 0-180ºE in
the Eastern hemisphere
Measured from 0-180ºW in
the western hemisphere

6. Longitude Cont. Important Longitude lines Prime meridian- 0º
International Date line-180º
Meridians are all the
same length