What is the latitude and longitude of Asia?

The North Island Islands, the northernmost islands in Asia, are located at 80° north latitude and the southernmost Nusa Tenggara Islands are located at 10° south latitude and about 90° north and south latitude, spanning the cold and warm tropics. ? 2. The longitude is located in the Bering Strait, the easternmost point of Asia, 170° west longitude, and the westernmost point of the Mediterranean Sea, 25° east longitude, with an east-west span of about 165°. Asia is the continent with the widest latitude and the longest east-west distance in the world. Asia is vast. For ease of understanding, Asia is divided into six regions: East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia, Central Asia and North Asia. The natural environment and human activities in these areas have their own characteristics. The most central point in Asia, the geographical center of the Asian continent, is located in Baojiacaozi Village, Yongfeng Township, Urumqi County, southern suburbs of Urumqi City. The geographical coordinates are 43°40'37" North Latitude and 87°19'52" East Longitude. The geographical center of the Asian continent is the point in equilibrium within the Asian continent that is farthest from the coastline surrounding the continent and where the continent is strongest. After more than two years of calculations and field investigations by the Xinjiang Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, it was determined to be 43°40'37" north latitude and 87°19'52" east longitude. The field is located in Baojiacaozi Village, Yongfeng Township, on the alluvial fan at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. It is about 30 kilometers away from the center of Urumqi in the northeast and can be reached by highway. An 18-meter-high "Heart of Asia" landmark tower that is highly representative and has typical Asian regional characteristics stands majestically at the "Heart of Asia" point.

What is the development history of latitude and longitude? In AD 120, a young man also studied astronomy and geography in this ancient library. He is Claudius Ptolemy. Ptolemy synthesized previous research results and believed that map drawing should be based on fixed points with known longitude and latitude, and proposed the concept of drawing a network of longitude and latitude lines on the map. To this end, Ptolemy measured the longitude and latitude of important cities and strongholds in the Mediterranean, and wrote eight volumes of geography. It includes the latitude and longitude of 8,000 places. In order to make the longitude and latitude lines on the earth drawable on a flat surface, he managed to draw the longitude and latitude lines into a simple fan shape, thus drawing the famous "Ptolemaic Map". In the early 15th century, Henry the Navigator began to put the "Ptolemaic Map" into practice. However, upon repeated inspection, this map was found to be impractical. Some of Henry's captains said regretfully: "Although we admire the famous Ptolemy, we find the opposite of what he said." To correctly measure longitude and latitude, the key is to have a "standard clock." Making accurate clocks at sea is obviously more convenient and practical than relying on celestial bodies for timekeeping. The advancement of mechanical technology in the 18th century finally created the conditions for solving this long-standing problem. Harrison, a watchmaker from Yorkshire, England, spent 42 years making five consecutive timepieces, each one becoming more and more precise and perfect, and the accuracy is getting higher and higher. The fifth was the size of a pocket watch, which caused an error of only 1/3 mile in determining longitude. Around the same time, marine timepieces designed and manufactured by French watchmaker Pierre Leroy also came into use. At this point, the problem of maritime meridians has finally been initially solved.