Answer to Question #112458 in Geomatics for Nontobeko

Question

A circle of latitude on Earth is in abstract east-west circles connecting all locations around earth at a given latitude. True Or False

Answer 1

This is true, a circle of latitude is an abstract east-west circle around the planet that connects all locations at this latitude. Compare with longitude using the images from NASA:

Sources of images:

https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/dictionary/Latitude.html

https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/dictionary/Longitude.html