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Latitude and Longitude Worksheet Generator

Create A4 worksheets with a world map of parallels and meridians to read and plot geographic coordinates, with an answer key.

✓ Grades 6–7✓ Parallels and meridians✓ Cities, continents and oceans✓ Answer key

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💡 Learning goal: The Equator divides north from south and the Prime Meridian divides east from west. Practises the two hemispheres of each point with few lines.

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📚 Teaching Guide: Latitude and Longitude

Geographic coordinates pin down any place on Earth with two numbers: latitude, measured from the Equator, and longitude, measured from the Prime Meridian. This free latitude and longitude worksheet generator creates A4 worksheets with a world map of parallels and meridians to read coordinates, plot points, identify hemispheres and find continents, oceans and cities, always with an answer key.

🗺️ An exact world map

A world map in the equirectangular projection used on school worksheets: parallels and meridians are straight and evenly spaced, and every point sits exactly at its coordinates.

🌐 The key lines

The Equator and the Prime Meridian drawn bolder, and the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and the polar circles labelled, to link coordinates with climate zones.

📍 Read and plot

Lettered points to write their latitude and longitude, or coordinates to plot on the map: both directions of the skill.

🌍 Continents, oceans and cities

Coordinates to work out which continent or ocean a place is in, or which city on the map is there, with over 80 cities from every continent.

📐 Three levels

A grid every 30°, every 10° and points between the lines to 5°: for Grades 6 and 7, always with the letter N, S, E or W.

✅ Answer key

Answers written on every line and the points drawn on the map, so marking takes a glance.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions about Latitude and Longitude

How are coordinates written?

Latitude first, then longitude, each with its degrees and the letter of the compass direction: 40° N, 4° W is a place 40° north of the Equator and 4° west of the Prime Meridian. The Equator and the Prime Meridian are 0° and have no letter.

What is the difference between latitude and longitude?

Latitude is the distance from the Equator, from 0° to 90° north or south, read on the parallels (the horizontal lines). Longitude is the distance from the Prime Meridian, from 0° to 180° east or west, read on the meridians (the vertical lines).

Why is the map rectangular?

It uses the equirectangular projection, the usual one on coordinate worksheets: parallels and meridians cross at right angles and are evenly spaced, so reading a coordinate is like reading a graph. It stretches the polar regions, which look bigger than they are.

Which grades are the worksheets for?

Grades 6 and 7 (ages 11 to 13), when parallels and meridians, coordinates and maps of the Earth are taught. Level 1 is the best place to start.

How are the continent and ocean answers checked?

Only places clearly inside a continent or an ocean are asked, more than 4° from any coast or boundary, so there is no doubt. The oceans follow the usual limits: the Southern Ocean south of 60° S and the Arctic Ocean in the far north.

Which other geography worksheets go well with these?

To learn the names of countries, capitals, continents and oceans, use the blank map worksheet generator. There are more map and history resources in History & Society.

Is any data sent to a server?

No. The worksheet is created in your browser, and templates are only saved in your browser's memory.

📋 Maps on the Worksheet

📚 Teaching Guide: Latitude and Longitude

🗺️ An exact world map

🌐 The key lines

📍 Read and plot

🌍 Continents, oceans and cities

📐 Three levels

✅ Answer key

❓ Frequently Asked Questions about Latitude and Longitude

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