What continent is 20 South 20 East?

What continent is 20 South 20 East?

What continent is at 20 degrees east and crosses the equator? Africa – a continent that crosses the equator. It is Arctic Ocean – an ocean around the North Pole, south of Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic and bordering northern Europe, Asia and North America.

What country is located at 20 degrees south latitude?

The 20th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 20 degrees south of the Earth’s equatorial plane….Around the world.

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or ocean	Notes
20°0′S 33°1′E	Mozambique
20°0′S 34°45′E	Indian Ocean	Mozambique Channel
20°0′S 44°28′E	Madagascar
20°0′S 48°47′E	Indian Ocean

Where is 80 Latitude?

Arctic
The 80th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 80 degrees north of the Earth’s equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia, the Arctic Ocean and North America….Around the world.

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
80°0′N 17°9′W	Atlantic Ocean	Greenland Sea

What continent is located at 80 degrees S and 135 degrees E?

Antarctica
The parallel passes only through Antarctica and Antarctic ice shelves….Around the world.

Co-ordinates	80°0′S 136°0′E
Continent	Antarctica
Sub-continent	West Antarctica
Local area	Adélie Land
Claimed by	France

What is an island that sits on the 80 degrees east longitude line?

From Pole to Pole

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 80°0′E	Arctic Ocean
81°7′N 80°0′E	Kara Sea
80°58′N 80°0′E	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai — Ushakov Island
80°50′N 80°0′E	Kara Sea	Passing just west of Dikson Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Which city lies closest to the prime meridian?

The prime meridian is a geographical reference line that passes through the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in London, England.

Where are 60 degrees north and 100 degrees west located?

Antarctica 2. A location at 60 degrees north and 100 degrees east is in: Europe Australia The Atlantic Ocean Asia 3. A location at 20 degrees south and 60 degrees west is in: Africa South America Australia The Paci˜c Ocean 4. A location at 40 degrees north and 160 degrees west is in: North America The Indian Ocean The Paci˜c Ocean Europe 5.

Which is the distance east or west of the Greenwich Meridian?

Longitude is the distance east or west of the Greenwich meridian. Because the earth is a sphere, These are measured in degrees of arc. Latitude is the degrees (and fractional degrees) north or south of the equator. This sounds like a homework question on how to use latitude and longitude. The short answer is Africa.

How are the degrees of latitude and longitude related?

Latitude measures how far north or south of the equator a location is. Longitude is the distance east or west of the Greenwich meridian. Because the earth is a sphere, These are measured in degrees of arc. Latitude is the degrees (and fractional degrees) north or south of the equator.

How long does it take for the Earth to rotate 30 degrees?

That means Earth rotates distance of 1° in 4 minutes. So, to rotate 30 degrees it will require 120 minutes or 2 hours more. The place towards East of Greenwich will have time ahead of Greenwich and western place will have time before as Earth rotetes east to west. Which country is at latitude 30 degrees north and at longitude 30 degrees East?