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Where is the Equator located

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Technically, the equator is not fixed to the true equatorial plane because the plane drifts with the polar motion of the earth for about 30 feet throughout the year. Globally, the equator crosses the following bodies of water:
The Atlantic Ocean (at the Gulf of Guinea and the Perigoso Canal)
The Pacific Ocean (between Aranuka and Nonouti atolls in Kiribati)
Lake Victoria (in Kenya)

The Indian Ocean (between the Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah in the Maldives)
Karimata and Makassar Straits in Indonesia
Gulf of Tomini
Molucca Sea
Halmahera Sea


The equator also passes through several areas in the following countries:
São Tomé and Príncipe
Gabon
Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Uganda
Kenya
Somalia
Indonesia

Ecuador
Colombia
Brazil
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Answer:

It is halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole, at 0 degrees latitude

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