Lines of longitude run between which two points?
AnswerThe North and South Poles
Meridians of longitude all meet at the poles.
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The basics
What is the name of the 0-degree line of longitude?
AnswerPrime Meridian
The Prime Meridian passes through Greenwich, England.
Going deeper
Roughly how long is Earth's circumference at the Equator?
Answer40,000 km
The equatorial circumference is about 40,075 km.
Why is Earth not a perfect sphere?
AnswerIt bulges at the Equator from its rotation
Rotation makes Earth an oblate spheroid, wider at the Equator.
Roughly what is Earth's diameter at the Equator?
Answer12,756 km
The equatorial diameter is about 12,756 km; 6,371 km is the mean radius.
Expert level
The oldest surviving terrestrial globe, the Erdapfel, was made in which city?
AnswerNuremberg
Martin Behaim's Erdapfel was made in Nuremberg around 1492.
How many nautical miles are in one degree of latitude, by traditional definition?
Answer60
One nautical mile was defined as one minute of latitude, so a degree is 60 nautical miles.
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