questions based on latitudes and longitudes
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Why do we need to locate places on earth
Location is very important this is because it enables us to know the precise place of a an archeological site, human settlement, town, village or city. An absolute location is a depiction of the exact site on an objective coordinate system i.e grid which mostly is the longitude and latitude on the map.Therefore, locating places on the Earth is very important because it allows us to know and locate(find) precise place on the Earth like archeological site, human settlement, town, village or city.
The poles of the Earth are fixed by the axis of Earth's rotation. The Earth rotates on the Geographic North and Geographic South Poles. The Geographic North and South Poles are located where lines of longitude (meridian) converge in the North. Earth's geographical poles and magnetic poles are not located in the same place. In fact they are very far away from each other.
How are the poles of the earth fixed?
We know that the Earth is a big magnet. If you are standing on the Geographic North Pole holding a compass in your hand, it would point towards Northern Canada at Ellesmere Island. There is a difference of around 500 kilometers between the Geographical North Pole and Magnetic North Pole. This difference is increasing day by day.
What is the distance between equator and poles in kilometers
10,007km is the distance