# ST\_DISTANCE

Calculates the two-dimensional cartesian minimum distance between two WKT formatted geometries in the units of the inputs.

## Syntax

```
ST_DISTANCE(first, second)
```

## Arguments

| Name | Type | Description | Default Value |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| first | string | A WKT formatted spatial object |  |
| second | string | A WKT formatted spatial object |  |

## Returns

Returns a `double` value.

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## Examples

| first | second | Output |
| --- | --- | --- |
| "POINT (152.352298 -24.875975)" | "POINT (151.960336 -24.993289)" | 0.409141520796879 |
| "POLYGON((-10 30, -40 40, -10 -20, 40 20, 0 0, -10 30))" | "POINT(16 0)" | 0.6246950475544248 |