Sixty Degrees North: Around the World in Search of Home

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This zone lies from 23.5ºN to 23.5ºS. This is the region that receives the highest amount of sunlight but is not necessarily the hottest zone, with mostly moderate temperatures in this region. Any coordinate pair will be expressed in the form of ( latitude, longitude). Sometimes, coordinates are also represented using only positive degrees and a letter to indicate the orientation (E, W, N, S). To convert these to a number-only format, we just need to add a minus (-) sign if the orientation is west or south (you can read more about converting coordinates with our coordinates converter calculator). All that's left to do is determine the cardinal direction. Latitude is negative, so it's in the South. Longitude is positive. That indicates a position in the east. So the coordinates of the Sydney Opera House are: 33° 51′ 31″ S 151° 12′ 51″ E.

Latitude plays a major role in the weather and climate around the world, affecting the prevailing winds, polar auroras, and other physical characteristics. Temperature is one of the major effects of latitude, as places with latitudes farther from the equator receive less sunlight and are much cooler as a result.

Between 1776 and 1950, the 60th parallel formed the southern limit of the Royal Greenland Trade Department's exclusive monopoly on trade near the Dano-Norwegian and later Danish colonies of Greenland (1776–1782) and South Greenland (1782–1950). [4] See also [ edit ] To find the gps coordinates of your current location, you must give us permission to access your geolocation information. You should The latitude, sometimes called a parallel because each line is equally spaced, signifies the location north or south, relative to the equator. Latitude is expressed as degrees north or degrees south. The equator, which divides the earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, has a latitude of zero. The North Pole has the latitude of 90 degrees north, while the South Pole's latitude is around 90 degrees south. Altitude - temperature fall with height above sea level - this is because the air is thinner so cannot retain as much heat. As a result trees are replaced by tough grasses on steep mountains.

Latitude. The north-south location between the poles is measured by latitude lines. The North Pole is 90 degrees north, while the South Pole is 90 degrees south. The equator is defined as 0 degrees. Latitude lines are sometimes referred to as parallels since they are all parallel to one another. At 60 degrees north latitude, what sea is it?If you want to get coordinates in DMS, take only the integer - these are the minutes. Go to the third point. Prevailing winds - prevailing winds in the UK blow from the south west, across the Atlantic Ocean. This brings warm, moist air which helps to produce mild and wet winters. The west side of the UK gets more rainfall (mainly frontal and relief rain) than the east, which is in the rain shadow of the higher land on the west coast. The movement of air across the surface of the Earth is called wind. Differences in air pressure cause air to move from high to low-pressure zones. On the surface of the Earth, there are permanent high and low-pressure zones. Wind blows in a permanent pattern across the surface of the Earth from these high to low-pressure zones. These are called prevailing winds or planetary winds.