New Zealand Geographic coordinates

New Zealand is in Oceania, at latitude -40.900557 and longitude 174.885971. It lies in the southern and eastern hemispheres.

Flag of New Zealand Oceania Southern · Eastern Hemisphere
Decimal coordinates Simple standard

-40.900557, 174.885971

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

40.9006° S 174.886° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

40°54'2'' S 174°53'9.5'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

60G 321934 5470131

Plus Code Open Location Code

4VFP3VXP+Q9

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

rbsr7dk0f

Latitude and longitude of New Zealand

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard -40.900557 174.885971
Decimal Degrees (DD) 40.9006° S 174.886° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 40°54'2'' S 174°53'9.5'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 40°54.033' S 174°53.158' E

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40.9006° S 174.886° E
Land of New Zealand Central point (centroid) of New Zealand Main cities

Geographic facts about New Zealand

Distance to the equator 4,548 km (2,826 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 10,904 km (6,775 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 14,555 km (9,044 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 5,459 km (3,392 mi)
Area of New Zealand 268,680 km² (103,738 mi²)
New Zealand Population 4,885,500

Distances calculated from the central point of New Zealand.

Geographic coordinates - Cities of New Zealand

Auckland Latitude -36.84853 Longitude 174.76349 Wellington Latitude -41.28664 Longitude 174.77557 Christchurch Latitude -43.53333 Longitude 172.63333 Manukau City Latitude -36.99282 Longitude 174.87986 North Shore Latitude -36.8 Longitude 174.75 Hamilton Latitude -37.78333 Longitude 175.28333 Tauranga Latitude -37.68611 Longitude 176.16667 Palmerston North Latitude -40.35636 Longitude 175.61113 New Plymouth Latitude -39.06667 Longitude 174.08333 Dunedin Latitude -45.87416 Longitude 170.50361 Hastings Latitude -39.6381 Longitude 176.84918 Lower Hutt Latitude -41.21667 Longitude 174.91667 Napier Latitude -39.4926 Longitude 176.91233 Rotorua Latitude -38.13874 Longitude 176.24516 Whanganui Latitude -39.93333 Longitude 175.05 Upper Hutt Latitude -41.13827 Longitude 175.0502 Porirua Latitude -41.13333 Longitude 174.85 Invercargill Latitude -46.4 Longitude 168.35 Nelson Latitude -41.27078 Longitude 173.28404 Whangarei Latitude -35.73167 Longitude 174.32391

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About geographic coordinates

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 New Zealand have been calculated based on the geodetic datum WGS84.

Besides latitude and longitude, there are other systems to express a location: UTM coordinates divide the world into 60 zones and express positions in meters; the Plus Code is an open short code used by Google Maps; and the geohash is a compact format widely used in software applications.

All formats correspond to the same reference point: the approximate geographic center of New Zealand, a representative point within the country's territory.

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