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What is located at 90 degrees south latitude?
The geographic South Pole
The geographic South Pole is located at 90 degrees south latitude. The geographic South Pole is located at 90 degrees south latitude. The station accommodates up to 250 people during the austral summer.
What is the meaning of 90 degree north latitude?
North Pole
Lines of latitude measure north-south position between the poles. The equator is defined as 0 degrees, the North Pole is 90 degrees north, and the South Pole is 90 degrees south.
Which pole is found at 90 N?
the North Pole
From the North Pole, all directions are south. Its latitude is 90 degrees north, and all lines of longitude meet there (as well as at the South Pole, on the opposite end of the Earth).
What are facts about latitude?
Latitude is an angle (defined below) which ranges from 0° at the Equator to 90° (North or South) at the poles. Lines of constant latitude, or parallels, run east–west as circles parallel to the equator. Latitude is used together with longitude to specify the precise location of features on the surface of the Earth.
Is longitude up or sideways?
Latitude and longitude lines are drawn on a map like a grid. Latitude lines are horizontal (they go sideways). Longitude lines are vertical (they go up and down). We can find or report a location by looking at the point where latitude and longitude lines intersect.
What is the Order of latitude and longitude?
When you see a pair of coordinates and can’t remember whether latitude or longitude comes first, think about alphabetical order to remember. Latitude comes first in alphabetical order and it also is the first coordinate in a set. Longitude is the second coordinate in the set.
Is latitude up or down?
Latitude is angular distance measured north and south of the Equator. The Equator is 0 degrees. As you go north of the equator the Latitude increases all the way up to 90 degrees at the north pole. If you go south of the equator, the Latitude increases all the way up to 90 degrees at the south pole.