longitude
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It all seems to say, like Alice, “I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I’ve got to?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025
The deal extends NetJets' existing fleet agreement and includes options for an increasing number of aircraft each year, allowing it to expand its fleet with Cessna Citation Ascend, Citation Latitude and Citation Longitude aircraft.
From Reuters • Sep. 20, 2023
According to Worsley's calculations, the Endurance was crushed by ice at 68°39′30″ South Latitude, 52°26′30″ West Longitude, nearly 200 miles east of the Antarctic Peninsula.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2022
The watch was accurate, but what the Board of Longitude really wanted was a “practical solution” according to an Oxford University Press blog post by science historian Jim Bennett.
From The Verge • Apr. 3, 2018
Longitude proved to be a harder puzzle to solve.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing longitude
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Human Geography - Middle School
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