Latitude and Longitude?

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To know where they are, navigators need to know two things:  Their latitude and their longitude.

Latitude tells how far you are from the equator.  Longitude tells how far east or west you are of a point on Earth called the prime meridian.

If you know both longitude and latitude, you can pinpoint exactly where you are on Earth.

Need some practice?  Play the Longitude and Latitude Game Game from Kidsgeo!