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The southernmost point of peninsular India, that is, Kanyakumari, is
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Naveen kumar said:
1 decade ago
Kanyakumari when considered to India it is southern tip but seeing globe it is north of equator so accordingly it is northern side of equator or north of equator.
Raja chatterjee said:
1 decade ago
Kanyakumari is situated between tropic of cancer and north to equator.
Anil kumar said:
1 decade ago
Latitude of kanyakumari is 8 degree north and tropic of cancer is 23.5 degree (approx) north to equator. So kanyakumari is in between equator and tropic of cancer. So it will north to equator and south to tropic of cancer.
Xyz said:
1 decade ago
Kanyakumari the beautiful place of India is located north side of equator.
Madhu said:
1 decade ago
Tropic of Capricorn is an imaginary line of latitude going around the earth approximately 23.5 degree south of the equator.
Madhu said:
1 decade ago
Tropic of Capricorn is an imaginary line of latitude going around the earth approximately 23.5 degree south of the equator. It is the southernmost part on earth where the sun's rays can be directly overhead at local noon. It is also one of the five major circles of latitude dividing the earth [the others are the tropic of cancer in the northern hemisphere, the equator, the arctic circle and the antarctic circle.
Madhav said:
1 decade ago
What is capricorn ?
Arvind kumar said:
1 decade ago
Whether equator passes through India if yes then which state or area.
Kishore said:
1 decade ago
Kanyakumari is the south to the tropic of capricorn.
Krishnakanth.g2@gmail.com said:
1 decade ago
Tropic of cancer passes through States of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
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