Sixty Degrees North: Around the World in Search of Home

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Sixty Degrees North: Around the World in Search of Home

Sixty Degrees North: Around the World in Search of Home

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That way, a point's latitude coordinate must have a value between -90° (towards the South pole) and 90° (towards the North pole), with the zero coordinate being precisely on the equator line. That difference between east and west is often quite marked and it stems from the ridge of hills that runs roughly north-south down the Shetland mainland. Propelled by the breeze, the foggy air warms up as it descends on the leeward side of the hills; it’s possible to watch the fog simply disappear as it rolls down the slope. Each year, there are many days, in summer especially, when this phenomenon (known to meteorologists as the Foehn effect) results in clear blue skies to the west of the hills while the east side of the islands – including the observatory – is blanketed in fog. Sometimes to help distinguish between latitude and longitude, their respective symbols are included: φ (phi) for latitude and λ (lambda) for longitude. To formulate coordinates you can use:

What he witnessed, he says, was a familiaity between people and place that was beyond what words could express. “There in Kamchatka, those people were not really separable from place… though I knew that such concordance is no longer truly possible in the world in which I live, in seeing it I felt for the first time its absence. And from there, from that recognition, my own longing took shape.” In the maps below, the colors of the swaths indicate the number of times the area was imaged by SRTM. For land, one-time coverage is green, twice is yellow-green and so on, as shown in the key at lower left. Over water, the color code is in shades of blue as shown in the key at lower right. Areas in red could not be mapped. SRTM is a topography mission, so data were mostly acquired over land. Small amounts of data were collected over the water for calibration purposes. entirely ocean (slightly north of the South Orkney Islands); sometimes considered the northern boundary of the Southern OceanLongitude and Latitude are the two angles that define the precision location of a point on earth or the GPS coordinates. Longitude is the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object. Latitude is the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator. The degree of the angle is between -90° and 90°. longitude and latitude coordinates are usually expressed in degrees and minutes. What State am I in - When you are driving, you may not know which state you are currently in, use this tool to find out which state are you at now. Using the map, can you find some cities in the southeastern hemisphere? Southwestern? Which “quadrant” do you live in? Cities on the Equator and the Prime Meridian The parallel defines the northern boundary of the Antarctic Treaty System and the Southern Ocean (though other organizations and nations, especially Australia, have different definitions). It also serves as the southern limit of the Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones in the South Pacific and Latin America. What is the name for 0 degrees longitude? Longitude, on the other hand, refers to a east-west position on the Earth. Lines of longitude, or meridians connect the North and the South Pole. They extend to the east and west of the Prime Meridian, reaching up to 180 degrees. All meridians have the same length - 12,429.9 miles (20,003.93 km).

New York is on the East Coast, but London is on the ‘West Coast,’ with its winter air coming mostly from the ocean rather than the continent. When you consider that New York is substantially closer to the equator than Britain (it is at a far lower latitude – 40 degrees North vs. 60 degrees North), it’s easy to see why. At 45 degrees north latitude, what cities are there? Every point on Earth can be described by a number of degrees latitude and a number of degrees longitude. Like an algebraic plot, each number can be positive or negative. In other words, we’ve taken a circular Earth and separated it into quadrants. The mid-point of these quadrants is 0 degrees latitude (the equator) and 0 degrees longitude (the North-South line that runs through Greenwich Observatory). The other lines show how many degrees east or west of this you are. If I want to see where a place is in the world, I just need to look at where the lines cross, and read the numbers.The pressure belts are associated with typical weather conditions, and the prevailing winds lead to seasonal climatic changes in many places on Earth. All low-pressure areas are associated with high precipitation (one of the reasons rainforests are found along the Equator), and all high-pressure areas are associated with arid climates (most deserts of the world are found in this zone). What Causes Global Wind Patterns?

Longitude is the number of degrees east or west of the prime meridian, an even more imaginary line because it was made up. There are three planetary pressure belts, and hence three types of prevailing winds: the easterlies, the westerlies, and the trade winds.This climate zone remains under the snow throughout the year, covering from 66.5ºN to the North Pole and 66.5ºS to the South Pole. These places are extremely dry and receive very little precipitation. The amount of snowfall is also low, but melting is lower still because of the cold temperatures. As a result, the amount of ice and snow cover builds up. The activity of the Sun is also different in the Arctic Climate Zone. During the summer, it is known as the midnight sun, hovering over the horizon throughout the night during the summer. During parts of the winter, the Sun doesn't rise at all. Between 60 and 70 degrees north latitude, subarctic climates exist. This climate may be found over most of Canada and Alaska. Summers are mild and brief. Winters are severely cold and extremely lengthy. What is the Prime Meridian, and where is it located? Expressing the direction with positive or negative values is common in the DD format of coordinates. It's less popular with DMS or DDM.

Answers to Related Questions What city has a latitude of 60 degrees north and a longitude of 30 degrees east? Latitude - higher latitudes are colder. With the UK between 50 and 59 degrees north, it receives cooler temperatures than countries in lower latitudes. Tropical easterlies are also known as trade winds. This is because, in the past, traders from Europe would use these winds to sail across the Atlantic Ocean to come to the ''New World''. These winds blow across the surface of the Earth between the latitudes 30° north and 30° south. They blow towards the Equator in both hemispheres. In the Northern Hemisphere, they come from the northeast, so they are called north-east trade winds. In the Southern Hemisphere, they come from the southeast, so they are called south-east trade winds.The meridian 80 degrees east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole, passing through Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica. The 80th meridian east and the 100th meridian west make a big circle. What is the world’s most northern significant city? While much of the worth is solidly within hemisphere quadrants, there are many cities that straddle one of the zero points. These cities, by definition, must be either along the equator or the prime meridian (i.e., have a similar longitude to London). The number of latitude degrees will increase as the location becomes further away from the equator, all the way up to 90 degrees latitude at the poles. degrees North or degrees South are the latitude coordinates. On Earth, vertical mapping lines are known as “meridians,” which are longitude lines. What kind of climate can you expect at 60 degrees latitude? The angular distance of a specific place, measured east or west from the zero meridian. It expressed in degrees, minutes and seconds. Now to our second little pig who lives near the equator in a house made from palm trees and is worried about the tropical easterlies, or winds that blow from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere and are located between 0 and 30 degrees north and south latitude. Their more familiar name is the trade winds. Before these winds flow over the palm hut, let's see how they are formed.



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