Location of Europe
Latitude: (shown as a horizontal line) is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds of a point north or south of the Equator. Lines of latitude are often referred to as parallels.
Longitude: (shown as a vertical line) is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds, of a point east or west of the Prime (Greenwich) Meridian. Lines of longitude are often referred to as meridians.
"Europe" Latitude and Longitude examples: (see map)
| Barcelona, Spain: | 41° | 23' | N | / 2° | 10' | E |
| Kiev, Ukraine: | 50° | 27' | N | / 30° | 31' | E |
| Nicosia, Cyprus: | 35° | 10' | N | / 33° | 22' | E |
| Oslo, Norway: | 59° | 54' | N | / 10° | 45' | E |
| Paris, France: | 48° | 51' | N | / 2° | 21' | E |
| Rome, Italy: | 41° | 53' | N | / 12° | 28' | E |
