Pittsburgh Geographic coordinates

Pittsburgh is in Pennsylvania, United States, at latitude 40.44062 and longitude -79.99589. It lies in the northern and western hemispheres, about 239 m above sea level.

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Decimal coordinates Simple standard

40.44062, -79.99589

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

40.4406° N 79.9959° W

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

40°26'26.2'' N 79°59'45.2'' W

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

17T 585158 4477148

Plus Code Open Location Code

87G2C2R3+6J

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

dppn59uz8

Latitude and longitude of Pittsburgh

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 40.44062 -79.99589
Decimal Degrees (DD) 40.4406° N 79.9959° W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 40°26'26.2'' N 79°59'45.2'' W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 40°26.437' N 79°59.753' W

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40.4406° N 79.9959° W
Pittsburgh Parallel and meridian of Pittsburgh Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Pittsburgh

Distance to the equator 4,497 km (2,794 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 6,513 km (4,047 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 5,510 km (3,424 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 14,504 km (9,012 mi)
Elevation 239 m (784 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh lies on the same parallel as cities like Madrid (Spain) and on the same meridian as cities like Toronto (Canada).

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

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