Written By: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), formerly (until 1920) North West Mounted Police, byname Mounties, Canadaâs federal police force. It is also the provincial and criminal police establishment in all provinces except Ontario and Quebec and the only police force in the Yukon and Northwest territories.
Peru's latitude and longitude is 10Â° 00' S and 76Â° 00' W. Below is the map of Peru showing major towns, roads, airports with latitudes and longitudes plotted on it.
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.