latitude lines run east/west but they measure north or south of the equator (0°) splitting the...
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Latitude and Longitude
Latitude lines run east/west but they measure north or south of the equator (0°) splitting the earth
into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.
Latitude
Lines of latitude are numbered from 0° at the equator to 90° N at the North Pole.
Lines of latitude are numbered from 0° at the equator to 90° S at the South Pole.
Longitude
Lines of longitude are numbered east from the Prime Meridian and west from the Prime Meridian.
PRIME MERIDIAN
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East L
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0° N
EW
S
North Pole
Longitude Lines of longitude begin at the Prime Meridian.
60° W is the
60° line of
longitude west
of the Prime
Meridian.
The Prime Meridian is located at 0°. It is neither east or west
60° E is the 60° line of longitude east of the Prime Meridian.
W E
Prime MeridianThe Prime Meridian (0°) splits the earth into the Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere.
Western Hemisphere
Places located east of the Prime Meridian have an east longitude (E) address. Places located west of the Prime Meridian have a west longitude (W) address.
Eastern Hemisphere
Prime Meridian
Any location north of the equator is a NORTH LATITUDE
Any location south of the equator is a SOUTH LATITUDE
Any location west of the prime meridian is a WEST LONGITUDE
Any location east of the prime meridian is an EAST LONGITUDE
By combining latitude and longitude, any location can be
pinpointed
See If You Can Tell In Which Hemispheres These Lon/Lats Are
Located
• 1. 41°N, 21°E• 2. 37°N, 76°W• 3. 72°S, 141°W• 4. 7°S, 23°W• 5. 15°N, 29°E• 6. 34°S, 151°E
A B
C D
• 1. B • 2. A• 3. C• 4. C• 5. B• 6. D
Latitude and Longitude
Practice
• 1. Paris- • 2. Minneapolis- • 3. Ottawa- • 4. Nairobi- • 5. Melbourne- • 6. Oslo-
• 7. 23S; 46W- • 8. 51N; 97W-• 9. 32N; 36E- • 10. 1S; 91W-• 11. 14N; 100E-• 12. 34N; 8W-• 13. 41N; 29E-
Find a partner and an atlasDue at the beginning of class tomorrow
• 1. Paris-48N; 2E• 2. Minneapolis-
44N; 93W• 3. Ottawa-45N;
75W• 4.Nairobi-1S; 36E• 5. Melbourne-37S;
144E• 6.Oslo-59N; 10E
• 7. Sao Paolo, Brazil• 8. Winnipeg, Manitoba• 9. Jerusalem, Israel• 10. Galapagos Islands• 11. Bangkok, Thailand• 12. Casablanca, Morocco• 13. Istanbul, Turkey
Topographic Map
Flow Line Map
Political Map
Cartogram
Qualitative Map
Physical Map
Satellite photos
ITALY
Africa
JAPAN
Why is that there?
BattleshipDivide into 4 teamsDecide where to put your 5 ships (1 three square, 2 two squares, and 2 one square)
Guess where the other team’s ships are by using latitude and longitude)
Blow up the ships