how will you express lattitude and longitude of the North pole?
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Explanation:
Latitude is used to express how far north or south you are, relative to the equator. ... If you are near the north pole your latitude is nearly 90 degrees north. If you are near the south pole your latitude is almost 90 degrees south. Conventionally latitude is expressed as degrees north or south.
.Latitudes—also known as parallels—mark and measure distance north or south from the equator. Earth's equator (the great circle or middle circumference) is designated 0° latitude. The north and south geographic poles, respectively, measure 90° north (N) and 90° south (S) from the equator. The angle of latitude is determined as the angle between a transverse plane cutting through Earth's equator and the right angle (90°) of the polar axis. The distance between lines of latitude remains constant. One degree of latitude equals 60 nautical miles (approximately 69 statute miles, or 111 km).
Longitudes, also known as meridians, are great circles that run north and south, and converge at the north and south geographic poles. As the designation of 0° longitude is arbitrary, international convention, long held since the days of British sea superiority, establishes the 0° line of longitude—also known as the Prime Meridian—as the great circle thatpasses through the Royal National Observatory in Greenwich, England (United Kingdom). The linear distance between lines of longitude vary and is a function of latitude. The liner distance between lines of longitude is at its maximum at the equator and decreases to zero at the poles. There are 360° of longitude, divided into 180° east and 180° west of the prime meridian. The line of longitude measuring 180° west is, of course, the same line of longitude measuring 180° east of the prime meridian and, except for some geopolitical local variations, serves as the international date line. Because Earth completes one rotation in slightly less than 24 hours, the angular velocity of rotation is approximately 15° of longitude per hour. This rate of rotation forms the basis for time zone differentiation
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