GK Question: List of Important Latitudes and Longitudes in the world
Important Latitudes
Antarctic Circle:
Latitude: 66° 33' S
Passes country: Territories on
Antarctic claimed by Australia, France, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile and UK
Arctic Circle:
Latitude: 66° 33' N
Passes country: Norway, Sweden,
Finland, Russia, USA (Alaska), Canada, Denmark (Greenland), and Iceland
Equator:
Latitude: 0°
Passes country: Ecuador, Colombia,
Brazil, Sao Tome e PrÃncipe, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic
of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia and Indonesia
Tropic of Cancer:
Latitude: 23° 26' N
Passes country: Mexico, The Bahamas,
Mauritania, Mali, Algeria, Niger, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, India,
Bangladesh, Myanmar, China and Taiwan
Tropic of Capricon:
Latitude: 23° 26' S
Passes country: Namibia, Botswana,
South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Australia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay,
Brazil, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Fiji and Cook Islands
Important Longitudes:
Prime Meridian:
Longitude: 0°
Passes country: UK, France, Spain,
Algeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Tongo and Ghana
International Date Line:
Longitude:180° E/W
Passes country: Mid-Pacific Ocean
Important Latitudes and
Longitudes in India
Tropic of Cancer (23° 26' N):
Passes country: Rajasthan, Gujarat,
Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram
Indian Standard Time (82.5° E)
Passes country: Uttar Pradesh,
Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh