Louisville Geographic coordinates

Louisville is in Kentucky, United States, at latitude 38.25424 and longitude -85.75941. It lies in the northern and western hemispheres, about 143 m above sea level.

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Decimal coordinates Simple standard

38.25424, -85.75941

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

38.2542° N 85.7594° W

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

38°15'15.3'' N 85°45'33.9'' W

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

16S 608545 4234752

Plus Code Open Location Code

86CP763R+M6

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

dng187zzh

Latitude and longitude of Louisville

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 38.25424 -85.75941
Decimal Degrees (DD) 38.2542° N 85.7594° W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 38°15'15.3'' N 85°45'33.9'' W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 38°15.254' N 85°45.565' W

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38.2542° N 85.7594° W
Louisville, KY, United States Parallel and meridian of Louisville Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Louisville

Distance to the equator 4,253 km (2,643 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 7,183 km (4,463 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 5,754 km (3,575 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 14,261 km (8,861 mi)
Elevation 143 m (469 ft)
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Louisville lies near the same parallel as cities like Seoul (South Korea) and near the same meridian as cities like Managua (Nicaragua).

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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 Louisville 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 Louisville: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

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