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掳 | 23' | N | / 2掳 | 10' | E |
| Kiev, Ukraine: | 50掳 | 27' | N | / 30掳 | 31' | E |
| Nicosia, Cyprus: | 35掳 | 10' | N | / 33掳 | 22' | E |
| Oslo, Norway: | 59掳 | 54' | N | / 10掳 | 45' | E |
| Paris, France: | 48掳 | 51' | N | / 2掳 | 21' | E |
| Rome, Italy: | 41掳 | 53' | N | / 12掳 | 28' | E |
