Question

The distance between two successive parallels of latitudes is 111 km.Explain.

Answer 1

unlike the longitudes,the distance between each successive latitudes remains same or constant,thats why they r also called parallels of latitudes.for example,the distance between 0° latitude(equator) and 1°N/S is 111km.The same happens when we take othher successive latitudes.refer the pic attached to this answer

Answer 2

The Degrees of latitude are parallel, so the distance between each degree remains almost constant Each degree of latitude is approximately 69 miles (111 kilometres) apart.

The range varies (due to the earth's slightly ellipsoid shape) from 68.703 miles (110.567 km) at the equator to 69.407 (111.699 km) at the poles. This is convenient because each minute (1/60th of a degree) is approximately one mile.