What is the Distance Between each Latitude Ring?
So far, no one has answered the actual question, so I will try to. There is about 69 miles per DEGREE of latitude. This is based on the circumference of the earth (approx. 24900 miles) divided by 360 degrees in a complete circle. On a typical globe, the latitude lines are drawn every 15 degrees, so there is approximately 1035 miles (15 x 69) between the latitudinal lines (or circles). The reason for the 15 degrees? Perhaps because the Earth rotates 360 degrees every 24 hours, so each hour is 15 degrees. Obviously, the distance between latitudinal lines is inexact, due to the irregular shape of the earth (not a perfect sphere) AND due to the irregular texture of the surface of the planet. For instance, the length of a straight line drawn directly north and south between 2 latitudinal lines where both points are at sea level would obviously be less than the length of such a line if one point was at sea level and the other was at the top of a mountain. The latitude lines are a constant di
