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Parallels of Latitude
Document Type: Photo/Image
Geographic Location: Washington, D.C.
ID Number: Bowditch_75_Latitude
Keywords: Navigation, Latitude
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Description:
Illustration showing how latitude lines cut the globe in parallel planes, with the longest latitude line being the equator. Latitude is a measurement that identifies a location as being so far north or south of the equator.
This illustration is from Bowditch's American Practical Navigator, H.O. Pub. No. 9, 1975, p. 445.
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