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Fifteen days later and 2,000 leagues farther, the Helvetia from the Compagnie Nationale and the Shannon from the Royal Mail line, running on opposite tacks in that part of the Atlantic lying between the United States and Europe, respectively signaled each other that the monster had been sighted in latitude 42° 15' north and longitude 60° 35' west of the meridian of Greenwich.†
Chpt 1
On March 5, 1867, the Moravian from the Montreal Ocean Co., lying during the night in latitude 27° 30' and longitude 72° 15', ran its starboard quarter afoul of a rock marked on no charts of these waterways.†
Chpt 1
On April 13, 1867, with a smooth sea and a moderate breeze, the Scotia lay in longitude 15° 12' and latitude 45° 37'.†
Chpt 1
By then the frigate lay in latitude 31° 15' north and longitude 136° 42' east.†
Chpt 1
But I'm tempted to think that the commander and his chief officer were born in the low latitudes.†
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You're familiar with some of them, such as the thermometer, which gives the temperature inside the Nautilus; the barometer, which measures the heaviness of the outside air and forecasts changes in the weather; the humidistat, which indicates the degree of dryness in the atmosphere; the storm glass, whose mixture decomposes to foretell the arrival of tempests; the compass, which steers my course; the sextant, which takes the sun's altitude and tells me my latitude; chronometers, which allow me to calculate my longitude; and finally, spyglasses for both day and night, enabling me to scrutinize every point of the horizon once the Nautilus has risen to the surface of the waves.†
Chpt 1
Raising his sextant, Captain Nemo took the altitude of the sun, which would give him his latitude.†
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I bowed, and the commander went on: "We're in longitude 137° 15' west of the meridian of Paris, and latitude 30° 7' north, in other words, about 300 miles from the shores of Japan.†
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Then my eyes focused on a huge world map displayed on the table, and I put my finger on the very spot where our just—determined longitude and latitude intersected.†
Chpt 1
I consulted the world map; and in latitude 32° 40' north and longitude 167° 50' west, I found an islet that had been discovered in 1801 by Captain Crespo, which old Spanish charts called Rocca de la Plata, in other words, "Silver Rock."†
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The thermometer indicated a temperature of 4.25° centigrade, which at this depth seemed to be a temperature common to all latitudes.†
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Three miles off, in latitude 8° 57' south and longitude 139° 32' west, I spotted Martin Point on Nuku Hiva, chief member of this island group that belongs to France.†
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Meanwhile, continuously swept along by the Nautilus, where we lived in near isolation, we raised the Tuamotu Islands on December 11, that old "dangerous group" associated with the French global navigator Commander Bougainville; it stretches from Ducie Island to Lazareff Island over an area of 500 leagues from the east—southeast to the west—northwest, between latitude 13° 30' and 23° 50' south, and between longitude 125° 30' and 151° 30' west.†
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Extending over an expanse of 100 leagues north to south, and over 90 leagues east to west, this island group lies between latitude 2° and 6° south, and between longitude 174° and 179° west.†
Chpt 1
This group is chiefly made up of nine large islands and forms a 120—league strip from the north—northwest to the south—southeast, lying between latitude 2° and 15° south, and between longitude 164° and 168°.†
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We were facing the island of Vanikoro proper, to which Captain Dumont d'Urville had given the name "Island of the Search"; we lay right in front of the little harbor of Vana, located in latitude 16° 4' south and longitude 164° 32' east.†
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There he heard about Dillon's findings, and he further learned that a certain James Hobbs, chief officer on the Union out of Calcutta, had put to shore on an island located in latitude 8° 18' south and longitude 156° 30' east, and had noted the natives of those waterways making use of iron bars and red fabrics.†
Chpt 1
It's located between latitude 0° 19' and 10° 2' south, and between longitude 128° 23' and 146° 15'.†
Chpt 1
Night had already fallen, because in this low latitude the sun sets quickly, without any twilight.†
Chpt 1
We were traveling due west and on January 11 we doubled Cape Wessel, located in longitude 135° and latitude 10° north, the western tip of the Gulf of Carpentaria.†
Chpt 1
After our position fix, the Nautilus's latitude bearings were modulated to the southwest.†
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And so, by loading up its ballast tanks, or by sinking obliquely with its slanting fins, the Nautilus successively reached depths of 3,000, 4,000, 5,000, 7,000, 9,000, and 10,000 meters, and the ultimate conclusion from these experiments was that, in all latitudes, the sea had a permanent temperature of 4.5° centigrade at a depth of 1,000 meters.†
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On January 18 the Nautilus lay in longitude 105° and latitude 15° south.†
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On the morning of the 24th, in latitude 12° 5' south and longitude 94° 33', we raised Keeling Island, a madreporic upheaving planted with magnificent coconut trees, which had been visited by Mr. Darwin and Captain Fitzroy.†
Chpt 2
ON JANUARY 28, in latitude 9° 4' north, when the Nautilus returned at noon to the surface of the sea, it lay in sight of land some eight miles to the west.†
Chpt 2
It was located between latitude 5° 55' and 9° 49' north, and between longitude 79° 42' and 82° 4' east of the meridian of Greenwich; its length is 275 miles; its maximum width, 150 miles; its circumference, 900 miles; its surface area, 24,448 square miles, in other words, a little smaller than that of Ireland.†
Chpt 2
It likewise hugged Kiltan Island, a shore of madreporic origin discovered by Vasco da Gama in 1499 and one of nineteen chief islands in the island group of the Laccadives, located between latitude 10° and 14° 30' north, and between longitude 50° 72' and 69° east.†
Chpt 2
The same evening, at latitude 21° 30' north, the Nautilus was afloat on the surface of the sea and drawing nearer to the Arab coast.†
Chpt 2
A perplexing circumstance because we weren't in the low latitudes, and besides, once the Nautilus was submerged, it shouldn't be subject to any rise in temperature.†
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When I consulted the chart an hour later, I saw that the Nautilus's position was marked at longitude 16° 17' and latitude 33° 22', a good 150 leagues from the nearest coast.†
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These Atlanteans, he said, resided on an immense continent greater than Africa and Asia combined, taking in an area that lay between latitude 12° and 40° north.†
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But before entering the Gulf of Mexico near latitude 44° north, this current divides into two arms; its chief arm makes for the shores of Ireland and Norway while the second flexes southward at the level of the Azores; then it hits the coast of Africa, sweeps in a long oval, and returns to the Caribbean Sea.†
Chpt 2
During this period the fish Conseil and I observed differed little from those we had already studied in other latitudes.†
Chpt 2
Our position fix placed us in latitude 45° 37' south and longitude 37° 53' west.†
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This encounter didn't surprise me, because I knew these animals were being hunted so relentlessly that they took refuge in the ocean basins of the high latitudes.†
Chpt 2
The month of March, since it's the equivalent of October in these latitudes, was giving us some fine autumn days.†
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On March 14 at latitude 55°, I spotted floating ice, plain pale bits of rubble twenty to twenty—five feet long, which formed reefs over which the sea burst into foam.†
Chpt 2
Abreast of latitude 60°, every passageway had disappeared.†
Chpt 2
Two months earlier we would have enjoyed perpetual daylight in this latitude; but night already fell for three or four hours, and later it would cast six months of shadow over these circumpolar regions.†
Chpt 2
On March 15 we passed beyond the latitude of the South Shetland and South Orkney Islands.†
Chpt 2
Only a craft without sails, driven by an electric motor that needed no coal, could face such high latitudes.†
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In fact, according to the astronomer Hansteen, this magnetic pole is located fairly close to latitude 70° and longitude 130°, or abiding by the observations of Louis—Isidore Duperrey, in longitude 135° and latitude 70° 30'.†
Chpt 2
In fact, according to the astronomer Hansteen, this magnetic pole is located fairly close to latitude 70° and longitude 130°, or abiding by the observations of Louis—Isidore Duperrey, in longitude 135° and latitude 70° 30'.†
Chpt 2
When the sun appeared for an instant near noon, Captain Nemo took a reasonably accurate sight that gave our position as longitude 51° 30' and latitude 67° 39' south.†
Chpt 2
From 67° 30' to 90°, twenty—two and a half° of latitude were left to cross, in other words, slightly more than 500 leagues.†
Chpt 2
In these Antarctic districts, as is well known, Sir James Clark Ross had found the craters of Mt. Erebus and Mt. Terror in fully active condition on the 167th meridian at latitude 77° 32'.†
Chpt 2
Just then, resting his hand on my shoulder, Captain Nemo said to me: "In 1600, sir, the Dutchman Gheritk was swept by storms and currents, reaching latitude 64° south and discovering the South Shetland Islands.†
Chpt 2
On January 17, 1773, the famous Captain Cook went along the 38th meridian, arriving at latitude 67° 30'; and on January 30, 1774, along the 109th meridian, he reached latitude 71° 15'.†
Chpt 2
On January 17, 1773, the famous Captain Cook went along the 38th meridian, arriving at latitude 67° 30'; and on January 30, 1774, along the 109th meridian, he reached latitude 71° 15'.†
Chpt 2
That same year the American Morrel, whose reports are dubious, went along the 42nd meridian, finding open sea at latitude 70° 14'.†
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(1) (latitude as in: latitude and longitude)
a measure of north/south (relative to the equator)

Latitude is calculated by using imaginary horizontal circles on the surface of the earth that are parallel to the equator such that 45 degrees north is half way between the equator and the north pole. While typically associated with Earth, latitude can be used for any astronomical object.
(2) (latitude as in: given the latitude to)
amount of freedom from restriction
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much more rarely, latitude is used with an analogous meaning in astronomy.

Much more rarely, latitude is can more specifically reference the range of light exposures suitable to film.

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