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The geographic center of the United States is a point approximately 20 miles (32 km) north of Belle Fourche, South Dakota at It has been regarded as such by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and the U.S. National Geodetic Survey (NGS) since the additions of Alaska and Hawaii to the United States in 1959.
Toggle Examples using location map templates subsection. 4.1 Location map, using default map (image) ... Module: Location map/data/USA Ohio Columbus. 4 languages.
Primarily from the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual. [1] State names usually signify only parts of each listed state, unless otherwise indicated. Based on the BLM manual's 1973 publication date, and the reference to Clarke's Spheroid of 1866 in section 2-82, coordinates appear to be in the NAD27 datum.
The exact geographic center of the U.S. Virgin Islands is unknown — the default center starting point for the U.S. Virgin Islands on Google Maps is located in the Caribbean Sea, [15] 18.21 miles (29.30 km) south-southeast of Saint Thomas and 18.31 miles (29.47 km) north of Saint Croix — note that this point is the approximate center of the ...
The 42nd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 42 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean. At this latitude the sun is visible for 15 hours, 15 minutes during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 6 minutes during the winter ...
Longitude: from West to East this map definition covers 26.5 degrees. At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.1325 degrees per pixel. At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0265 degrees per pixel. Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 13.35 degrees. At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.0668 degrees per pixel.
Name used in the default map caption; image = USA Southeast.PNG The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 40.75 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 23.25 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = -95.5 Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees; right = -70.5 Longitude at right edge ...
Map of the United States c. 1849 (modern state borders), with the parallel 36°30′ north—slave states in red, free states in blue This 1856 map shows slave states (gray), free states (pink), U.S. territories (green), and Kansas in center (white) with parallel 36°30′ north prominently indicated.