1. Location, Location, Location
Geography Terms
Location, Location, Location

2. 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”

3. 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

4. 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: ,

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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,

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

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

12. 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

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

14. 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

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