Co-ordinates. It could be a line of latitude encircling the earth at 23 degrees 26 minutes 22 seconds north of the Equator, which would make it the Tropic of Cancer.
The tropics.
Half of 23 = 11.5
23
23 and one half is larger.
The Tropic of Cancer
DDD
The Tropic of Cancer
23 and a half degrees north
23 and a half degrees north
23.5° north latitude is the Tropic of Cancer. That is the farthest north where the sun can ever be directly overhead (at the moment of the June solstice).
The latitude line that runs through Cuba and Mexico at 23 degrees North is the Tropic of Cancer. It marks the northernmost position where the sun can appear directly overhead at its zenith.
The Tropic of Cancer is around 23.5 degrees north.
Cancer
The latitude situated at 23 and a half degrees north is called the Tropic of Cancer. It marks the northernmost position where the sun appears directly overhead at noon during the June solstice.
That's roughly the latitude of the imaginary line called the "Tropic of Capricorn".
tropic of capricorn