how many miles apart are the lines of latitude on a map of the earth?

Question

please answer ASAP!!!!!!

Answer 1

A map of the earth would either be enormous or have extremely fine print and fine detail that you'd have trouble reading, so I'm assuming your question is about a map of part of the earth.

Lines of latitude are an invention of mapmakers. A mapmaker may choose lines that are separated as he wishes: degrees, minutes, seconds, or any other unit. For a standard map, the separations chosen are whatever gives useful informatino for the scale or the magnification of the area represented. On one handy-sized page of a map, generally the mapmaker and the mapreader want to see 2 or more useful reference lines of latitude. The latitudes chosen are whatever fit neatly in the drawn area: that may be degrees or some combination of smaller units, like degrees AND minutes.

The distance from North Pole to South is divided into 180 degrees, so if you take that distance and divide by 180, you know how many miles are subtended by 1 degree of arc for marking latitude. It's roughly 8000 miles, as I recall, but check some source like Google to be sure.

Answer 2

The lines of latitude on a map are 60 nautical miles. A nautical mile is 2000 yards or 6000 feet. A statute mile is 5280 feet. Figure it out. If you can't do that the distance between the lines of latitude is 68.18181818 statute miles.

Answer 3

A degree of latitude is approximately 69 miles, and a minute of latitude is approximately 1.15 miles. A second of latitude is approximately 0.02 miles, or just over 100 feet.

So take the distance between lines of latitude on your map (in degrees) and multiply by 69. This will give you your answer.

Answer 4

about 69 miles