North Carolina extends from 34° to 36°30´ north lititude.Other states in America in the same latitude includ Tenessee,Oklahoma,and California. The state aslo extends from 75°30´ to 84°west longitude. The Atlantic Ocean forms North Carolina's eastern boundary and Tennassee is western border.The state is bounded on the north by Virginia and on the south by South Carolina and Georgia.North Carolina is about 500 miles east-west by 180 miles north -south.It covers a little less than 53 000 square miles, just about size of England. |