Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: England
• Level 2: South Tyneside

Current local time in South Shields:

12:33 AM, Friday
Difference from your time zone: hours

South Shields on map:^[1]

South Shields GPS coordinates^[2]

54° 59' 54.924" North, 1° 25' 56.28" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	55.39988°,	-2.13543°
Center:	54.99859°,	-1.4323°
Lower-right:	54.59325°,	-0.72917°
Map W x H:	89.7×89.7 km	= 55.7×55.7mi

max Lat:	60.39635°   ⇑13.2% North
South Shields:	54.99859°
min Lat:	⇓86.8% South 34.60088°

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min Long	South Shields	max Long
-7.64133°	-1.4323°	32.95536°
W 56.9%⇐		⇒43.1% E

Elevation

Elevation of South Shields is 12 m = 39 ft, and this is 60.9 m = 200 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	515 m = 1690 ft	89.9%
Avg.	72.9 m = 239 ft
South Shields	12 m = 39 ft
Min E:	-30 m = -98 ft	10.1%

See also: South Shields elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

South Shields is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 1285.9 km =799 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from South Shields
North Pole	3891.8	2418.3	to North
Arctic Circle	1285.9	799	to North
Tropic Cancer	3509.4	2180.6	to South
Equator	6115.3	3799.9	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around South Shields: (largest is in red/bold)

• Backworth 7.8 km =4.8 mi, 308°
• East Boldon 6 km =3.7 mi, 177°
• Felling 10.2 km =6.3 mi, 240°
• Hebburn 6 km =3.7 mi, 241°
• Jarrow 3.9 km =2.4 mi, 238°
• North Shields 2.3 km =1.4 mi, 331°
• Seaton Delaval 10.1 km =6.3 mi, 323°
• Seghill 10.3 km =6.4 mi, 313°
• Shiremoor 6.4 km =4 mi, 309°
• Sunderland 10.9 km =6.8 mi, 162°
• The Boldons 6.4 km =4 mi, 192°
• Tynemouth 2.2 km =1.4 mi, 11°
• Wallsend 6.5 km =4 mi, 262°
• Whitburn 6.5 km =4 mi, 141°
• Whitley Bay 4.7 km =2.9 mi, 348°

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• In Russian: Саут-Шилдс
• In Chinese: 南希尔兹