Heard Island and McDonald Islands Geographic coordinates

Heard Island and McDonald Islands is located at latitude -53.08181 and longitude 73.504158. It is part of Antarctic and the southern hemisphere.

Decimal coordinates

Simple standard

-53.08181, 73.504158

DD Coodinates

Decimal Degrees

53.0818° S 73.5042° E

DMS Coordinates

Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

53°4'54.5'' S 73°30.249' E

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 Heard Island and McDonald Islands have been calculated based on the geodetic datum WGS84.

Map of Heard Island and McDonald Islands with coordinates

Latitude and longitude of Heard Island and McDonald Islands

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 -53.08181 73.504158
Decimal Degrees (DD) 53.0818° S 73.5042° E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 53°4.909' S 73°30.249' E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 53°4'54.5'' S 73°30'15'' E