Working With Latitude and Longitude

Print the following chart and using an atlas find each location listed. To be correct all latitude and longitude answers must include a degree sign and direction.

1.            What can be found at 90° N?

2.            What can be found at 90° S?

3.            What city in England is located at longitude 0°?

4.            What city in the United States is located at 40° N, 75° W?

5.            What other cities are located at latitude 40° N?

6.            What other cities are located at longitude 75° W?

7.            Find your city on a map. At what latitude and longitude do you live?

8.            Find your country on a map. What is the approximate range of latitudes and longitudes that your country covers?

9.            Find the latitude and longitude of the tallest mountain on your continent.

10.        Find the latitude and longitude of the tallest mountain in the world.

11.        Find the latitude and longitude of the mouths of the major rivers listed below.

·              St. Lawrence River

·              Nile

·              Mississippi

·              Amazon

12.        Name the two hemispheres each country is located in.

·              Brazil

·              Canada

·              China

·              Russian Republic

·              United States of America

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