Now you hold the great northern peaks admiringly at arms-length, as you would an old friend. The Heart of the White Mountains, Their Legend and Scenery Samuel Adams Drake At arms-length Greta glanced at the parson's burdens, and summoned an austere look.
The geographic coordinate or the latitude and longitude of Sweden' s capital Stockholm is 59Â° 20' North latitude and 18Â° 03 East longitude.
Lesson Summary. Latitude is the angular distance of a place north or south of the Equator in degrees. A latitude of zero degrees is on the Equator of the Earth. Ninety degrees north is the North Pole, and 90 degrees south is the South Pole. Longitude is the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England. With these two numbers, any point on the Earth's surface can be located.