Both longitude and latitude are angles measured with the center of the earth as an origin. A longitude is an angle from the prime merdian, measured to the east (longitudes to the west are negative). Latitudes measure an angle up from the equator (latitudes to the south are negative).
What latitude is Rio de Janeiro?
22.9068° S, 43.1729° W
What is the longitude and latitude of Waikiki Beach?
21.2793° N, 157.8292° W
What latitude is San Francisco?
37.7749° N, 122.4194° W
What is the latitude and longitude of Kangaroo Island?
35.7752° S, 137.2142° E
What is the longitude and latitude of Miami?
25.7617° N, 80.1918° W
What latitude is New York on?
40.7128° N, 74.0060° W
What city is on the same latitude as Honolulu?
Miami is at the same latitude as Saudi Arabia. Honolulu at the same latitude as the Sahara desert. Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix and Houston are all at the same latitude as North Africa. Anchorage is further south than Reykjavik.
What is the latitude of Puerto Vallarta?
20.6534° N, 105.2253° W
What latitude is Costa Rica?
9.7489° N, 83.7534° W
What latitude is Cancun?
21.1619° N, 86.8515° W
What latitude is Broome?
17.9618° S, 122.2370° E
What is the longitude and latitude of Darwin?
12.4637° S, 130.8444° E
What is the longitude of Sydney?
33.8688° S, 151.2093° E
What latitude is Key West?
24.5551° N, 81.7800° W
What is the latitude of Mazatlan?
23.2494° N, 106.4111° W
What is the latitude and longitude of San Diego?
32.7157° N, 117.1611° W
How many latitude lines are there?
Latitude is the measurement of distance north or south of the Equator. It is measured with 180 imaginary lines that form circles around the Earth east-west, parallel to the Equator. These lines are known as parallels.Which line is longitude?
the prime meridian
Longitude is the measurement east or west of the prime meridian. Longitude is measured by imaginary lines that run around the Earth vertically (up and down) and meet at the North and South Poles. These lines are known as meridians. Each meridian measures one arcdegree of longitude.
