Student World Atlas (Maailma atlas)
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Latitude and Longitude NORTH POLE
Since an cient time s, mapmak ers, geographers, an d navigarors have work ed
to develop a system fo r accu rate ly loca tin g places o n th e Eart h. O n a /
sphe re, such as the Earth , the re are no co rne rs o r sides, no beginrung o r
end. But since the Earth ro tates on an axis, th ere are two fixed points: th e Parall els of
Latitude
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