Latitude and Longitude

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Latitude and Longitude
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Essential Question

• What are the main coordinates on a map?

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Two types of Location

• Relative Location
• Absolute Location
• Found by using Latitude and Longitude

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Latitude

• Run West to East
• Parallel, they do not touch
• Measure North and South of Equator
• 0-90 Degrees North South

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Longitude

• Run North and South
• Touch at North and South Poles
• Measure East and West of Prime Meridian
• 0-180 Degrees East and West

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Lines to Remember

• 0 Latitude Equator
• 0 Longitude Prime Meridian
• 180 Longitude International Date Line
• 23.5 N Tropic of Cancer
• 23.5 S Tropic of Capricorn

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• 66.5 N Arctic Circle
• 66.5 S Antarctic Circle
• 90 N North Pole
• 90 S South Pole