circle of latitude

Summary

circle of latitude ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,031 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• circle of latitude is a type of circle^[2].
• circle of latitude is a type of geographic entity^[3].
• circle of latitude is a type of region^[4].
• circle of latitude's Commons category is recorded as Latitudes^[5].
• circle of latitude's said to be the same as is recorded as degree of latitude on Earth^[6].
• circle of latitude's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[7].
• circle of latitude's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[8].
• circle of latitude's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia^[9].
• circle of latitude's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[10].
• circle of latitude's manifestation of is recorded as latitude^[11].
• circle of latitude's has list is recorded as list of circles of latitude^[12].
• circle of latitude's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[13].
• circle of latitude's model item is recorded as equator^[14].
• circle of latitude's model item is recorded as 90th parallel^[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include circle^[2], geographic entity^[3], and region^[4].

Influence

Things named for circle of latitude include Avinguda del Paral·lel^[16], a street^[17], in Spain^[18], founded in 1894^[19].

Why It Matters

circle of latitude ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,031 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]

Entities named for it include Avinguda del Paral·lel^[16], a street^[17], in Spain^[18], founded in 1894^[19].