Meridional Parts
This page allows calculation of the meridional parts used in the construction of Mercator charts and in Mercator sailing for each minute of latitude from the equator to the poles.

Enter the latitude for which the meridional part is desired. Latitudes may either be entered as decimal degrees by only filling in the degrees field or as degrees and minutes by entering the values in the appropriate fields.
Latitude:
(degrees)
(minutes)
     
Calculated Meridional Parts:

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