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The Earth according to WGS 84
(every degree of latitude)
See how WGS 84 defines the Earth (9 KB) etc.
For those wanting more: A similar table as below for every ten minute of latitude (116 KB).
See different degree formats: resolutions and conversions (14 KB + 13 KB = 27 KB).
For those preferring Imperial units:
This table (20 KB) lists the lengths in feet of 1 minute, 1 second and ¹⁄1000 minute of latitude and longitude. (The table was originally created by Eric Cloninger.)
| Lati- tude | Distance to nearest pole | 1 minute of latitude | 1 minute of longitude | Circumference of parallel of latitude | ||
| Int. naut. miles | Kilometres | Metres | Kilometres | Int. naut. miles | ||
| 90° | 0 | 0 | 1861.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89° | 60.310 | 111.694 | 1861.56 | 32.49 | 701.758 | 378.919 |
| 88° | 120.619 | 223.387 | 1861.54 | 64.97 | 1403.297 | 757.720 |
| 87° | 180.928 | 335.079 | 1861.51 | 97.43 | 2104.401 | 1136.285 |
| 86° | 241.236 | 446.769 | 1861.47 | 129.85 | 2804.850 | 1514.498 |
| 85° | 301.542 | 558.456 | 1861.42 | 162.24 | 3504.428 | 1892.240 |
| 84° | 361.846 | 670.139 | 1861.36 | 194.58 | 4202.917 | 2269.394 |
| 83° | 422.148 | 781.819 | 1861.29 | 226.86 | 4900.101 | 2645.843 |
| 82° | 482.448 | 893.493 | 1861.20 | 259.06 | 5595.762 | 3021.470 |
| 81° | 542.744 | 1005.163 | 1861.11 | 291.19 | 6289.685 | 3396.158 |
| 80° | 603.038 | 1116.826 | 1861.00 | 323.22 | 6981.655 | 3769.792 |
| 79° | 663.327 | 1228.482 | 1860.88 | 355.16 | 7671.457 | 4142.255 |
| 78° | 723.613 | 1340.131 | 1860.75 | 386.99 | 8358.877 | 4513.432 |
| 77° | 783.894 | 1451.772 | 1860.61 | 418.69 | 9043.702 | 4883.209 |
| 76° | 844.171 | 1563.405 | 1860.47 | 450.26 | 9725.721 | 5251.469 |
| 75° | 904.443 | 1675.028 | 1860.31 | 481.70 | 10404.722 | 5618.100 |
| 74° | 964.709 | 1786.642 | 1860.14 | 512.99 | 11080.495 | 5982.989 |
| 73° | 1024.970 | 1898.244 | 1859.96 | 544.11 | 11752.832 | 6346.022 |
| 72° | 1085.225 | 2009.836 | 1859.77 | 575.07 | 12421.525 | 6707.087 |
| 71° | 1145.473 | 2121.417 | 1859.57 | 605.85 | 13086.368 | 7066.073 |
| 70° | 1205.715 | 2232.985 | 1859.37 | 636.44 | 13747.155 | 7422.870 |
| 69° | 1265.951 | 2344.541 | 1859.15 | 666.84 | 14403.683 | 7777.367 |
| 68° | 1326.179 | 2456.083 | 1858.93 | 697.03 | 15055.751 | 8129.455 |
| 67° | 1386.400 | 2567.612 | 1858.70 | 727.00 | 15703.157 | 8479.026 |
| 66° | 1446.613 | 2679.127 | 1858.46 | 756.75 | 16345.703 | 8825.973 |
| 65° | 1506.818 | 2790.627 | 1858.21 | 786.26 | 16983.191 | 9170.190 |
| 64° | 1567.015 | 2902.112 | 1857.96 | 815.53 | 17615.427 | 9511.570 |
| 63° | 1627.204 | 3013.581 | 1857.69 | 844.55 | 18242.217 | 9850.009 |
| 62° | 1687.384 | 3125.035 | 1857.43 | 873.30 | 18863.368 | 10185.404 |
| 61° | 1747.555 | 3236.472 | 1857.15 | 901.79 | 19478.692 | 10517.652 |
| 60° | 1807.718 | 3347.893 | 1856.87 | 930.00 | 20088.001 | 10846.653 |
| 59° | 1867.871 | 3459.297 | 1856.59 | 957.92 | 20691.108 | 11172.304 |
| 58° | 1928.015 | 3570.683 | 1856.29 | 985.55 | 21287.830 | 11494.509 |
| 57° | 1988.149 | 3682.052 | 1856.00 | 1012.87 | 21877.987 | 11813.168 |
| 56° | 2048.274 | 3793.403 | 1855.70 | 1039.88 | 22461.398 | 12128.185 |
| 55° | 2108.388 | 3904.735 | 1855.39 | 1066.57 | 23037.887 | 12439.464 |
| 54° | 2168.493 | 4016.050 | 1855.08 | 1092.93 | 23607.279 | 12746.911 |
| 53° | 2228.588 | 4127.345 | 1854.77 | 1118.95 | 24169.402 | 13050.433 |
| 52° | 2288.673 | 4238.622 | 1854.46 | 1144.63 | 24724.086 | 13349.938 |
| 51° | 2348.747 | 4349.880 | 1854.14 | 1169.96 | 25271.164 | 13645.337 |
| 50° | 2408.811 | 4461.119 | 1853.82 | 1194.93 | 25810.471 | 13936.540 |
| 49° | 2468.865 | 4572.338 | 1853.50 | 1219.53 | 26341.846 | 14223.459 |
| 48° | 2528.908 | 4683.538 | 1853.17 | 1243.76 | 26865.127 | 14506.008 |
| 47° | 2588.941 | 4794.719 | 1852.85 | 1267.60 | 27380.159 | 14784.103 |
| 46° | 2648.963 | 4905.880 | 1852.52 | 1291.05 | 27886.788 | 15057.661 |
| 45° | 2708.975 | 5017.021 | 1852.20 | 1314.11 | 28384.861 | 15326.599 |
| 44° | 2768.976 | 5128.143 | 1851.87 | 1336.77 | 28874.230 | 15590.837 |
| 43° | 2828.966 | 5239.246 | 1851.55 | 1359.02 | 29354.748 | 15850.296 |
| 42° | 2888.946 | 5350.329 | 1851.22 | 1380.85 | 29826.274 | 16104.900 |
| 41° | 2948.916 | 5461.392 | 1850.90 | 1402.25 | 30288.667 | 16354.572 |
| 40° | 3008.875 | 5572.437 | 1850.58 | 1423.23 | 30741.789 | 16599.238 |
| 39° | 3068.824 | 5683.462 | 1850.26 | 1443.77 | 31185.505 | 16838.826 |
| 38° | 3128.762 | 5794.468 | 1849.94 | 1463.87 | 31619.686 | 17073.265 |
| 37° | 3188.690 | 5905.455 | 1849.63 | 1483.53 | 32044.202 | 17302.485 |
| 36° | 3248.609 | 6016.423 | 1849.32 | 1502.73 | 32458.928 | 17526.419 |
| 35° | 3308.517 | 6127.373 | 1849.01 | 1521.47 | 32863.741 | 17745.001 |
| 34° | 3368.415 | 6238.304 | 1848.71 | 1539.75 | 33258.523 | 17958.166 |
| 33° | 3428.303 | 6349.218 | 1848.41 | 1557.55 | 33643.157 | 18165.852 |
| 32° | 3488.182 | 6460.113 | 1848.11 | 1574.89 | 34017.531 | 18367.997 |
| 31° | 3548.052 | 6570.991 | 1847.82 | 1591.74 | 34381.534 | 18564.543 |
| 30° | 3607.912 | 6681.852 | 1847.54 | 1608.10 | 34735.061 | 18755.432 |
| 29° | 3667.763 | 6792.696 | 1847.26 | 1623.98 | 35078.007 | 18940.609 |
| 28° | 3727.605 | 6903.524 | 1846.99 | 1639.36 | 35410.272 | 19120.018 |
| 27° | 3787.438 | 7014.335 | 1846.73 | 1654.25 | 35731.760 | 19293.607 |
| 26° | 3847.263 | 7125.131 | 1846.47 | 1668.63 | 36042.377 | 19461.327 |
| 25° | 3907.080 | 7235.912 | 1846.21 | 1682.50 | 36342.033 | 19623.128 |
| 24° | 3966.888 | 7346.677 | 1845.97 | 1695.86 | 36630.639 | 19778.963 |
| 23° | 4026.689 | 7457.428 | 1845.73 | 1708.71 | 36908.113 | 19928.787 |
| 22° | 4086.482 | 7568.165 | 1845.50 | 1721.04 | 37174.374 | 20072.556 |
| 21° | 4146.268 | 7678.889 | 1845.28 | 1732.84 | 37429.344 | 20210.229 |
| 20° | 4206.047 | 7789.599 | 1845.07 | 1744.12 | 37672.951 | 20341.766 |
| 19° | 4265.819 | 7900.298 | 1844.87 | 1754.87 | 37905.123 | 20467.129 |
| 18° | 4325.585 | 8010.984 | 1844.67 | 1765.08 | 38125.794 | 20586.282 |
| 17° | 4385.345 | 8121.659 | 1844.49 | 1774.76 | 38334.899 | 20699.190 |
| 16° | 4445.099 | 8232.322 | 1844.31 | 1783.91 | 38532.379 | 20805.820 |
| 15° | 4504.847 | 8342.976 | 1844.14 | 1792.51 | 38718.176 | 20906.143 |
| 14° | 4564.590 | 8453.620 | 1843.99 | 1800.57 | 38892.237 | 21000.128 |
| 13° | 4624.328 | 8564.255 | 1843.84 | 1808.08 | 39054.512 | 21087.750 |
| 12° | 4684.061 | 8674.881 | 1843.70 | 1815.04 | 39204.954 | 21168.982 |
| 11° | 4743.790 | 8785.500 | 1843.58 | 1821.46 | 39343.521 | 21243.802 |
| 10° | 4803.516 | 8896.111 | 1843.46 | 1827.32 | 39470.171 | 21312.187 |
| 9° | 4863.237 | 9006.715 | 1843.36 | 1832.63 | 39584.869 | 21374.120 |
| 8° | 4922.956 | 9117.314 | 1843.26 | 1837.39 | 39687.582 | 21429.580 |
| 7° | 4982.671 | 9227.907 | 1843.18 | 1841.59 | 39778.281 | 21478.554 |
| 6° | 5042.384 | 9338.496 | 1843.11 | 1845.23 | 39856.939 | 21521.026 |
| 5° | 5102.095 | 9449.080 | 1843.05 | 1848.31 | 39923.534 | 21556.984 |
| 4° | 5161.804 | 9559.661 | 1842.99 | 1850.84 | 39978.047 | 21586.419 |
| 3° | 5221.512 | 9670.240 | 1842.96 | 1852.80 | 40020.462 | 21609.321 |
| 2° | 5281.218 | 9780.816 | 1842.93 | 1854.20 | 40050.767 | 21625.684 |
| 1° | 5340.924 | 9891.391 | 1842.91 | 1855.04 | 40068.954 | 21635.504 |
| 0° | 5400.629 | 10001.966 | 1842.90 | 1855.32 | 40075.017 | 21638.778 |
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| Circumference of Earth through poles = | An average minute of latitude = | |||||
| 21602.518 int. n. mi. = 40007.863 km | 1852.216 m | |||||
An international nautical mile (int. naut. mile) is defined to be 1852 metres exactly (IHC, Monaco, 1929).
The fundamental formulae for the calculations may be found in for instance the Geocentric Datum of Australia – Technical Manual.
