What do the Subdivisions of Longitude and Latitude stand for. An example would be 21° 18′ 41″ N, 157° 47′ 47″ .

Bay - part of a body of salt water that reaches into the land; usually smaller than a gulf.

Location - California

37° 49′ 7.59″ N, 122° 28′ 42.29″ W

San Francisco Bay

Canyon - narrow valley with steep sides; usually created by erosion

Location - Arizona

36° 6′ 0″ N, 112° 6′ 0″ W

Grand Canyon

Cape – point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean.

Location - Massachusetts

41° 41′ 20″ N, 70° 17′ 49″ W

Cape Cod

Channel – a narrow deep waterway connecting two larger bodies of water; the deepest part of the waterway.

50° 11′ 1″ N, 0° 31′ 52″ W

Location – separates England from northern France

English Channel

Cliff – a high, steep slope of rock or soil.

Location – England

50° 11′ 1″ N, 0° 31′ 52″ W

Cliffs of Dover

Continent – one of the seven large landmasses on earth.

Location – Asia

Delta – land built up by deposits of sand and silt at the mouth of some rivers

Location – Egypt

30° 54′ 0″ N, 31° 7′ 0″ E

Nile River Delta

Glacier – a large body of slow moving ice which alters the land around it through displacement.

45° 56′ 12.6″ N, 7° 52′ 1.4″ E

Location – Switzerland

Gulf – part of a sea or ocean that reaches into land; usually larger than a bay.

25° 0′ 0″ N, 90° 0′ 0″ W

Location – Central America

Gulf of Mexico

Island – an area of land completely surrounded by water.

Location – Hawaiian Islands

21° 18′ 41″ N, 157° 47′ 47″

Maui

Isthmus – narrow strip of land with water on both sides connecting two larger pieces of land.

Location – Greece

Isthmus of Corinth

37° 56′ 29″ N, 22° 59′ 16″ E

Mountain Range - a long chain of mountains; a row of connected mountains

28° 0′ 0″ N, 82° 0′ 0″ E

Himalayas

Location – Bhutan, Tibet, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Burma, Afghanistan

Ocean - largest body of salt water; these cover 3/4 of the earth's surface.

20° 0′ 0″ S, 80° 0′ 0″ E

Indian Ocean

Location – Africa, Asia, Australia

Peninsula - piece of land that extends into a body of water and is surrounded on three sides by water.

Location – Italy

Italian Peninsula

41° 54′ 0″ N, 12° 30′ 0″ E

Plain - a broad, flat or gently rolling area; usually low in elevation.

Location - Midwest – United States

44° 30′ 0″ N, 100° 0′ 0″ W

The Great Plains

Sea - a large body of water, usually salt water, partly or completely surrounded by land

Red Sea

Location – Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sudan

22° 0′ 0″ N, 38° 0′ 0″ E

Strait - a narrow waterway connecting two larger bodies of water.

Strait of Gibraltar

Location – Connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea

35° 58′ 18″ N, 5° 29′ 9″ W

Volcano - a cone shaped mountain formed out of rock or ash thrown up from inside the earth, frequently with an opening or depression at the top.

Stromboli

37° 38′ 33″ N, 14° 11′ 34″ E

Location – Sicily, Italy