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Latitude and Longitude (Lat/Long)

Mapping Practice for Whitman County

Instructions

  1. View the map below and find the Lat/Long for the circled location.
  2. Remember:
    There are 60 minutes in a Degree
    60 seconds in a minute.
  3. Latitude increases as you go north
  4. Longitude increases as you go west
Whitman map

 

Question:

What is the latitude and longitude where the railroad leaves the map towards Ewan?

This is a 7.5 minute (1:24,000) quadrangle (quad) map.
The red circle shows the latitude and longitude for the northwest corner of the map.

The black circles are 2.5 minutes (2"30") less than the coordinates in the corner.

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