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 year, that happens in the UK on Friday 25 or Saturday 26 September, depending on your latitude.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

For example, the IKung' Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana have an explanation for the Milky Way, which at their latitude is often overhead.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

However, studies have shown that higher latitudes, particularly in the northern hemisphere, will see the biggest increases in favourable conditions for storms to form, and those that do may be more violent.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 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

During the glacial interval, the North Atlantic Current did not extend as far into the high northern latitudes.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

The planet has a few degrees of tilt to the plane of the ecliptic, not enough to make an appreciable seasonal difference in low latitudes.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin