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1 Absolute Location 6.Ge.4

2 What is absolute location?
Absolute location: the location of a place using latitude (North/South) and longitude (East West) coordinates. Hint: Whenever we write absolute location, we write North/South first

3 Relative Location Relative Location: the location of a place in relation to another place Example: Columbus is 32 miles west of Newark Australia is Southeast of Asia

4 Equator vs. Prime Meridian
Equator: the line of latitude that separates the Northern and Southern Hemisphere Prime Meridian: the line of longitude that separates the Eastern and Western Hemisphere

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