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Latitude & Distance

On Earth, a place that is 10o north (example: the island of Tobago in the Caribbean Sea) is the same distance from the Equator as a place that is 10o south (example: Cape York, Australia). Each place is about 1110 km (or about 690 miles) from the Equator--the same exact distance. This is because these places are on the surface of the Earth. They are not hovering up in the sky or buried deep in the ground.

Flat diagram of the Earth


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