- 高纬度 gāowěidù high latitudehigh latitude (i.e. near the poles)
- 地心纬度 dìxīnwěidù geocentric latitudegeocentric latitude (the angle between the equatorial plane and a straight line from the center of the earth)
- 地理纬度 dìlǐwěidù geographic latitudegeographic latitude (the angle between the equatorial plane and the normal to the reference ellipsoid)