Sentence examples for about longitude from inspiring English sources

The Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) between Spain and Portugal had established a line at about longitude 46° 30′ W that divided Spanish (west) and Portuguese (east) claims in the New World.

The Pacific South Equatorial Current, flowing approximately between latitude 5° N and 15° 20° S, is propelled westward by the Southeast Trade Winds to about longitude 180° E. There it splits, part turning north to blend with the countercurrent and the rest veering south to become the East Australian Current and a flow passing east of New Zealand.

But there need be nothing about longitude and latitude beyond their role as map coordinates.

Niger Delta has been identified as a highly prolific hydrocarbon province located in the Gulf of Guinea on the west coast of Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean and extends to about longitude 5° 8°E and latitude 3° 6°3°N.

Regarding this lateral change, we can consider a transition area in between (at about longitude of 12°E), where the dominant fast orientation changes.

In a southward direction along about 168° W longitude, the ice shelf's thickness gradually increases to more than 2,300 feet (700 m).

Unfortunately, the trial was declared void because of uncertainties about the longitude of Jamaica and the watch's rate, Harrison had to make do with another £1500.

Converting EEJ model estimates at the equator to eastward electric field (considering a conductivity model for conversion), they compared these estimates with electric field observations by the JULIA radar at the Jicamarca observatory located at about −78° longitude in Peru.

Tulasi Ram et al. (2008) studied the response of post sunset equatorial spread-F during five geomagnetic storms based on data in the Indian, and Japanese sectors, and Kwajalein (covering about 90° longitude), and showed the development of plasma bubbles due to the prompt penetration of the eastward electric field in the dusk sector.

Felt insufficient about everything, longitude and latitude and airport terminology.

On top of the requisite scenes of vessel capturing, avoiding the British navy and general pirate revelry, there's also an uber-narrative about the longitude chronometer, seen here as a newly invented and near-magical device that will change navigation and apparently end piracy forever.