The distance of a place on the surface of the earth measured in degrees from the equator along a line of latitude. A line of latitude is a (imaginary) circle running parallel to the equator; the sequence of circles terminates at the North or South...

Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi, \phi\,\!, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. Lines of Latitude are the horizontal lines shown running east-to-west on maps....