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  2. Latitude - Wikipedia

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    Two levels of abstraction are employed in the definitions of latitude and longitude. In the first step the physical surface is modeled by the geoid, a surface which approximates the mean sea level over the oceans and its continuation under the land masses.

  3. Rote Ndao Regency - Wikipedia

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    Rote Ndao Regency is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia, consisting primarily of the island of Rote, situated south-west of the western tip of West Timor with an area of 978.54 km 2, together with minor offshore islands including Usu (19.4 km 2), Ndana (13.83 km 2), Ndao, Landu and Nuse; the total area including the minor offshore islands is 1,249.35 km 2.

  4. Global Positioning System - Wikipedia

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    NGVD 29: Sea Level Datum 1929: OSGB36: Ordnance Survey Great Britain 1936: SK-42: Systema Koordinat 1942 goda: ED50: European Datum 1950: SAD69: South American Datum 1969

  5. Geographic coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    A geographic coordinate system (GCS) is a spherical or geodetic coordinate system for measuring and communicating positions directly on Earth as latitude and longitude. [1] It is the simplest, oldest and most widely used type of the various spatial reference systems that are in use, and forms the basis for most others.

  6. Earth - Wikipedia

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    Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water.

  7. List of national capitals by latitude - Wikipedia

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    Latitude ("−" indicates southern hemi-sphere) City Country Notes −0.25 Quito: Ecuador: Highest official capital. 0.3 Kampala: Uganda: 0.33 São Tomé

  8. 38th parallel north - Wikipedia

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    The 38th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 38 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

  9. 30th parallel north - Wikipedia

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    The 30th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 30 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.It stands one-third of the way between the equator and the North Pole and crosses Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.