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	Lines of [~~https~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latitude '''Latitude'''] are imaginery lines drawn around the Earth to help locate points on a North-South axis. Lines of [~~https~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude '''Longitude'''] are used to determine the East-West position.		Lines of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latitude '''Latitude'''] are imaginery lines drawn around the Earth to help locate points on a North-South axis. Lines of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude '''Longitude'''] are used to determine the East-West position.


	'''Latitudes''' are generated by imagining angles drawn from the Earth's centre on to the Earth's surface such that the '''Latitude''' of the [~~https~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equator '''Equator'''] is 0<sup><small>0</small></sup> and the '''Latitudes''' of each of the North and South Poles is 90<sup><small>0</small></sup>.		'''Latitudes''' are generated by imagining angles drawn from the Earth's centre on to the Earth's surface such that the '''Latitude''' of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equator '''Equator'''] is 0<sup><small>0</small></sup> and the '''Latitudes''' of each of the North and South Poles is 90<sup><small>0</small></sup>.


	The '''Latitudes''' of both the [~~https~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_of_Cancer '''Tropic of Cancer'''] ''(aka the ‘Northern Tropic’)'' and the [~~https~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_of_Capricorn '''Tropic_of_Capricorn'''] ''(aka the ‘Southern Tropic’)'' are each approximately 23.50<sup><small>0</small></sup> ''(23°26′13.6″)''.		The '''Latitudes''' of both the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_of_Cancer '''Tropic of Cancer'''] ''(aka the ‘Northern Tropic’)'' and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_of_Capricorn '''Tropic_of_Capricorn'''] ''(aka the ‘Southern Tropic’)'' are each approximately 23.50<sup><small>0</small></sup> ''(23°26′13.6″)''.


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Lines of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latitude '''Latitude'''] are imaginery lines drawn around the Earth to help locate points on a North-South axis. Lines of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude '''Longitude'''] are used to determine the East-West position.

'''Latitudes''' are generated by imagining angles drawn from the Earth's centre on to the Earth's surface such that the '''Latitude''' of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equator '''Equator'''] is 00 and the '''Latitudes''' of each of the North and South Poles is 900.

The '''Latitudes''' of both the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_of_Cancer '''Tropic of Cancer'''] ''(aka the ‘Northern Tropic’)'' and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_of_Capricorn '''Tropic_of_Capricorn'''] ''(aka the ‘Southern Tropic’)'' are each approximately 23.500 ''(23°26′13.6″)''.

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