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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0° N

EW

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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