Latitude and Longitude quiz
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When is the noon Sun directly overhead at the Equator?
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How long does the Sun stay up nonstop at the North Pole?
Answer: About six months
Why: The North Pole's polar day lasts about 186 days, a full week longer than its 179-day polar night.
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Which parallel divided Korea in 1945?
Answer: 38th parallel
Why: Today's border follows the 1953 armistice line, which zigzags across the 38th parallel rather than running along it.
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Between which two latitudes lies half of Earth's surface?
Answer: 30° N and 30° S
Why: The area between the Equator and any latitude grows with the sine of that latitude, and sin 30° is exactly one half.
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What is the northernmost capital of an independent country?
Answer: Reykjavík
Why: Greenland's capital Nuuk lies slightly farther north, but Greenland is a self-governing part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
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What distance does one degree of latitude span?
Answer: About 111 km
Why: Earth's pole-to-pole circumference is about 40,008 km, and dividing that by 360° gives roughly 111 km per degree.
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Which country spans both the Equator and the 180th meridian?
Answer: Kiribati
Why: In 1995 Kiribati moved the date line east around its Line Islands, so the whole country now shares one calendar date.
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