{"id":1907,"date":"2021-10-14T12:30:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T11:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1907"},"modified":"2025-10-06T21:21:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:21:46","slug":"what-is-latitude","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1907","title":{"rendered":"What is latitude?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:15px;background-color:#21212185\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/latitude960.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"[aggregator] downloaded image for imported item #1907\" style=\"border-radius:15px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/latitude960.jpg 960w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/latitude960-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/latitude960-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/latitude960-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 960px)) 100vw, min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 960px)\" title=\"What is latitude?\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Lines of latitude, also called parallels, are imaginary lines that divide the Earth. They run east to west, but measure your distance north or south. The equator is the most well known parallel. At 0 degrees latitude, it equally divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres. From the equator, latitude increases as you travel north or south, reaching 90 degrees at each pole.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link desc-text\" href=\"https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/latitude.html\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This  was originally published on https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/latitude.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Lines of latitude, also called parallels, are imaginary lines that divide the Earth. They run east to west, but measure your distance north or south. The equator is the most well known parallel. At 0 degrees latitude, it equally divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres. From the equator, latitude increases as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1908,"parent":280,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1907","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1907"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2013,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1907\/revisions\/2013"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}