Xiamen Geographic coordinates

Xiamen is located at latitude 24.47979 and longitude 118.08187. It is part of Asia and the northern hemisphere.

The geographic coordinate system enables any place in the world to be located using its latitude and longitude. The latitude is the position relative to the equator, specifying the north-south position. The longitude specifies the east-west position measured from a reference meridian (usually the Greenwich Prime Meridian). The latitude and longitude of Xiamen have been calculated based on the geodetic datum WGS84.

Map of Xiamen with coordinates

Latitude and longitude of China

There are many systems and formats to represent geographic coordinates. The following table matches the equivalence between the most common formats:

System	Latitude	Longitude
Simple decimal standard	24.47979	118.08187
Decimal Degrees (DD)	24.4798° N	118.0819° E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM)	24°28.787' N	118°4.912' E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS)	24°28'47.2'' N	118°4'54.7'' E