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Latitude and Longitude
Terms to review Latitude and Longitude Vocabulary
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Geography
8th Grade
09/22/2011

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North Pole
Definition
90 degrees north latitude
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South Pole
Definition
90 degrees south latitude
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Arctic Circle
Definition
66 1/2 degrees north latitude
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Antarctic Circle
Definition
66 1/2 degrees south latitude
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Tropic of Capricorn
Definition
23 1/2 degrees south latitude
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Tropic of Cancer
Definition
23 1/2 degrees north latitude
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Prime Meridian
Definition
0 degrees longitude
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Equator
Definition
0 degrees latitude
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International Date Line
Definition
180 degrees longitude
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Coordinates
Definition
latitude first - longitude second
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meridian
Definition
another term for line of longitude
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parallel
Definition
another term for a line of latitude
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latitude
Definition
distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees
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longitude
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distance east or west of the Prime Meridian measured in degrees
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degree
Definition
measures latitude and longitude - approximately 70 miles
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hemisphere
Definition
one half of the earth: northern, southern, western & eastern
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antipodes
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two exact locations that are on opposite sides of the globe
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Greenwich Meridian
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also known as the Prime Meridian
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Time Zone
Definition
15 degrees of longitude
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