What is the distance from the north pole to the equator in degrees?
To give the other coordinate of a position on Earth in this way, is to give the degrees around the equator, to the East or West of a particular North South line called the Greenwich meridian, which passes through the Old Naval Observatory at Greenwich (near London) England and ends at the North South line (or meridian) passing through the place of interest.. This is called the Longitude. It is given as a number between 0 and 180 degrees East, or 0 to 180 degrees West of the Greenwich meridian. Two distances in degrees specify the position of any place on Earth.
