1. Latitude and Longitude

3. Latitude
Latitude lines are imaginary horizontal lines on a world or large area map. Latitude lines separate the world into Northern and Southern hemispheres and range between 0 degrees at the Equator and 90 degrees at the North and South Poles.

4. Longitude
Longitude lines are imaginary vertical lines on a world or large area map. Longitude lines separate the world into the Eastern and Western hemispheres and range between 0 degrees at the Greenwich Meridian (also known as the Prime Meridian) and 180 degrees east and west of Greenwich at the International Date Line.

5. Each degree of latitude and longitude is subdivided into 60 equal parts called minutes and each minute is divided into 60 equal parts called seconds. On the surface of earth, one degree of either latitude or longitude is about 110 km (69 miles) although it is slightly more at the poles as the earth is not a perfect sphere.

7. Latitude and Longitude
The earth is divided into lots of imaginary lines called latitude and longitude.

8. Lines Longitude lines run north and south.
Latitude lines run east and west.
The lines measure distances in degrees.
Latitude
Longitude

9. Where is 0 degree? Equator The equator is 0 degree latitude.
It is an imaginary belt that runs halfway point between the North Pole and the South Pole.
Equator

10. P R I M E D A N
Where is 0 degree?
The prime meridian is 0 degrees longitude. This imaginary line runs through the United Kingdom, France, Spain, western Africa, and Antarctica.

11. Latitude & Longitude

13. Hemispheres
By using the equator and prime meridian, we can divide the world into four hemispheres, north, south, east, and west.

15. Latitude and Longitude….
Longitude lines
run up and down the map
measured in degrees
east and west
of the Greenwich Meridian
they converge at the Poles
they are all the same length
Latitude lines
run across the map
measured in degrees
north and south
of the Equator
they are parallel
decrease in length towards the Poles

16. Important Lines of Latitude and Longitude

17. West 0º
East
180º
North
66½º
Arctic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
23½º
Equator 0º
23½º
Tropic of Capricorn
International Date Line
Greenwich Meridian
Antarctic Circle
66½º
South

18. What are the red lines on this map called?
Latitude
Longitude

19. What are the red lines on this map called?
Latitude
Longitude

20. Latitude and longitude
Match the places with the correct latitude and longitude.
20ºS 140ºE 2 4 5
28ºS 20ºE 1
30ºN 90ºE 5 2 3 1
40ºN 120ºW 4
30ºS 80ºW 3
Answers appear on mouse click.

21. Latitude and longitudeb c e f a d g
Write down the latitude and longitude of these places.

22. Latitude and Longitude Resources
A Printable Latitude & Longitude Map of the World
Latitude and Longitude Quiz
Try this interactive
Try this game

23. Which has the higher IQ, latitude or longitude?
Longitude, it has 360 degrees!