The Location of the Philippines

It refers to the specific position of a parcular place.

• Direction

• Location

• Destination

It is a special latitude which divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

• Equator

• Prime meridian

It refers to the exact position of a place on the surface of the earth.

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

An imaginary vertical line that connects the North Pole and South Pole which is also referred as meridian.

• Longitude

• Latitude

A special line of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere located at 23.5 degrees.

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Arctic Circle

• Antarctic Circle

It is located at 66.5 latitude in the southern hemisphere.

• Arctic Circle

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Antarctic Circle

It refers to the relative location of a country with respect to its neighboring bodies of water.

• Vicinal location

• Maritime location

• land location