Geography and Absolute Location On the following pages I will have images from a specific places. Your assignment is to label the City and Country followed.

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Geography and Absolute Location On the following pages I will have images from a specific places. Your assignment is to label the City and Country followed by it’s Absolute Location on each page provided following each image, as to where each image is located.

How absolute location is labeled. Absolute location is determined by the grid system (Latitude followed by Longitude). Latitude has to be labeled whether it is North or South and Longitude has to be labeled East or West. Latitude and Longitude can be very specified by labeling these parameters (in this order). Degrees°, Minutes’, Seconds”

Instructions 1.Figure out what the image is? 2.Using Google find out where the image is at: (City, Country) 3.Using Google find the Absolute Location. 4.Fill the information for each image in the spot provided on the page following each image. 5.Good Luck

EXAMPLE (famous place)

City: St. Louis Country (State): Missouri, USA Absolute Location: 38°63‘45"N by 90°18‘47"W Google: ° N, ° W

EXAMPLE (not quite as famous)

City: Clark Country (State): South Dakota, USA Absolute Location: 44°52'47"N by 97°44'32"W Google: N, W

City: Country (State): Absolute Location: 00°00‘00"N by 00°00‘00"W

The main city it protected City: Country (State): Absolute Location: 00°00‘00"N by 00°00‘00"W