Boston Geographic coordinates

Boston is in Massachusetts, United States, at latitude 42.35843 and longitude -71.05977. It lies in the northern and western hemispheres, near sea level.

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Decimal coordinates Simple standard

42.35843, -71.05977

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

42.3584° N 71.0598° W

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

42°21'30.3'' N 71°3'35.2'' W

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

19T 330372 4691628

Plus Code Open Location Code

87JC9W5R+93

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

drt2yzpge

Latitude and longitude of Boston

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 42.35843 -71.05977
Decimal Degrees (DD) 42.3584° N 71.0598° W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 42°21'30.3'' N 71°3'35.2'' W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 42°21.506' N 71°3.586' W

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42.3584° N 71.0598° W
Boston, MA, United States Parallel and meridian of Boston Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Boston

Distance to the equator 4,710 km (2,927 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 5,655 km (3,514 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 5,297 km (3,292 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 14,717 km (9,145 mi)
Elevation 38 m (125 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Boston

Boston lies near the same parallel as cities like Rome (Italy) and near the same meridian as cities like Santiago (Chile).

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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 Boston 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 at the center of Boston: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

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