Provide a description and a drawing to show what lines of longitude are.
Using an atlas, locate where the four Atlantic provinces are based on their lines of latitude and longitude. Find the latitude and longitude for the most northerly (A), easterly (B), southerly (C), and westerly (D) points. Put the answer in each box. Put a dot (•) where the four provincial capitals are located on the map and name them in the box next to the map.
Remember: All coordinates in North America are North and West, latitude lines run east and west and measure north or south, and longitude is lines that run north and south that measure east or west.
North: Latitude ______ Longitude ______
East: Latitude ______ Longitude ______
South: Latitude ______ Longitude ______
West: Latitude ______ Longitude ______
 
Capital Cities:
NS ______________________________
NB ______________________________
PEI ______________________________
NFLD ______________________________
Provide a definition for absolute location.
Using latitude and longitude, name the absolute location of the following Atlantic Canadian communities:
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