Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: North Carolina
• Level 2: Brunswick County
• Level 3: Township of Shallotte

Current local time in Sunset Beach:

02:27 PM, Friday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Sunset Beach on map:^[1]

Sunset Beach GPS coordinates^[2]

33° 52' 50.628" North, 78° 30' 44.028" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	34.46246°,	-79.21536°
Center:	33.88073°,	-78.51223°
Lower-right:	33.295°,	-77.80911°
Map W x H:	129.8×129.8 km	= 80.7×80.7mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑81.1% North
Sunset Beach:	33.88073°
min Lat:	⇓18.9% South 19.06759°

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min Long	Sunset Beach	max Long
-171.73463°	-78.51223°	-66.98998°
W 76.8%⇐		⇒23.2% E

Elevation

Elevation of Sunset Beach is 1 m = 3 ft, and this is 293.8 m = 964 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	99.6%
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
Sunset Beach	1 m = 3 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	0.4%

See also: United States elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Sunset Beach is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 1161.3 km =721.6 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Sunset Beach
North Pole	6239.9	3877.3	to North
Arctic Circle	3634	2258.1	to North
Tropic Cancer	1161.3	721.6	to South
Equator	3767.2	2340.8	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Sunset Beach: (largest is in red/bold)

• Bolivia 39.5 km =24.5 mi, 58°
• Briarcliffe Acres 23.8 km =14.8 mi, 243°
• Calabash 5.3 km =3.3 mi, 282°
• Carolina Shores 6.7 km =4.2 mi, 289°
• Holden Beach 19.6 km =12.2 mi, 79°
• Little River 9.4 km =5.8 mi, 264°
• Long Beach 36.6 km =22.7 mi, 84°
• Loris 40 km =24.9 mi, 299°
• North Myrtle Beach 17.1 km =10.6 mi, 245°
• Oak Island 32.6 km =20.3 mi, 82°
• Ocean Isle Beach 8 km =5 mi, 79°
• Saint James 36.9 km =22.9 mi, 81°
• Shallotte 15.5 km =9.6 mi, 48°
• Varnamtown 25.1 km =15.6 mi, 75°
• Yaupon Beach 40.1 km =24.9 mi, 86°