Palenque Geographic coordinates

Palenque is located at latitude -1.43795 and longitude -79.75647. It is part of South America and the southern hemisphere.

Decimal coordinates

Simple standard

-1.43795, -79.75647

DD Coodinates

Decimal Degrees

1.438° S 79.7565° W

DMS Coordinates

Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

1°26'16.6'' S 79°45.388' W

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 Palenque have been calculated based on the geodetic datum WGS84.

Map of Palenque with coordinates

Latitude and longitude of Ecuador

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 -1.43795 -79.75647
Decimal Degrees (DD) 1.438° S 79.7565° W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 1°26.277' S 79°45.388' W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 1°26'16.6'' S 79°45'23.3'' W

Cities at the same latitude as Palenque

City Coordinates
Belém, Brazil -1.45583, -48.50444
Nairobi, Kenya -1.28333, 36.81667
Ananindeua, Brazil -1.36556, -48.37222
Portoviejo, Ecuador -1.05458, -80.45445
Ambato, Ecuador -1.24908, -78.61675

Cities at the same longitude as Palenque

City Coordinates
Guayaquil, Ecuador -2.19616, -79.88621
Toronto, Canada 43.70011, -79.4163
Trujillo, Peru -8.11599, -79.02998
Chiclayo, Peru -6.77137, -79.84088
Mississauga, Canada 43.5789, -79.6583