Which navigational outcome results when a ship's chronometer experiences a temperature-induced rate variation during an ocean voyage?

💡 Explanation

When a chronometer experiences temperature-induced rate variation, accumulated time drift introduces error calculating longitude because accurate time is essential for determining the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) difference used in longitude calculation. Therefore longitudinal position error results, rather than latitudinal error which is based on celestial altitude, compass deviation, or observation timing that would be independently affected.

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