By: Jessica Muccini

Hello. Today I am going to be telling you about some important lines of latitude. There are seven lines all together. If you are doing a project or a report then this is the perfect place to get your information for it. The reason is that it is all here. So, I hope you are excited to get ready to learn about important lines of latitude!!

· The most important line of latitude is the equator which is labeled 0°

· The North Pole is labeled 90°N which is located in the Arctic Circle (66 ½ °N)

· The Tropic of Cancer is labeled 23 ½ °N

· Equator is the line of latitude labeled 0° that separates the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere

· Next is the Tropic of Capricorn at 23 ½°S

· Antarctic Circle is labeled 66 ½ °S

· Then the South Pole is at the bottom of the Earth, which is labeled 90°S