How to plot latitudes and longitudes on maps?

Lattitude is going side to side and longitude is up and down so on a map you would put your finger on the longitude number and your other finger on the lattitude number and follow the lines connected to the number until the lines touch each other, where the lines touch each other is where you should plot your point.

Maps and globes usually have lines on them to help locate places on Earth. These lines are called latitude and longitude lines. These lines are not actually on the planet, but are imaginary lines used to help us find our way around the curved surface of Earth.

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