latitude

Catherine Breed, 33-year-old endurance swimmer, emerged from the water on Monday after crossing the latitude of the California-Mexico border and became the first person to swim the length of California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Marshals and other federal agencies by affording them a dangerous amount of latitude.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

Domjan is aiming to make the first manned solar-powered flight into the stratosphere, which at Switzerland's latitude begins at around 10,000 to 12,000 metres, depending on climatic conditions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

"This magnetic particle not only detects latitude by sensing the tilt of Earth's magnetic field but also measures its strength, which can change with longitude," he said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

“I had never lived in such an enthusiastically literary and reform latitude before,” she later wrote, “and my mental powers were kept at the highest tension.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Scientists have found that fin whales are more abundant in higher latitudes in warmer months of the year, and more numerous in lower latitudes during colder months, but this can vary.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Although Antarctica's geography allows winter sea ice to expand over enormous distances, it also pushes the ice into warmer latitudes, where melting becomes more likely during summer.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

When the new system becomes official in the next year, latitudes, longitudes and elevations across the country will change by as much as 13 feet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Even so, the formation of North Atlantic Deep Water became stronger, as did overturning at lower latitudes.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

Spanish landfalls in the Americas were at subtropical latitudes highly suitable for food production, based at first mostly on Native American crops but also on Eurasian domestic animals, especially cattle and horses.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond