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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Situate \Sit"u*ate\ (?; 135), Situated \Sit"u*a'ted\, adjective [LL. situatus, from situare to place, fr. L. situs situation, site. See {Site}.]
1. Having a site, situation, or location; being in a relative position; permanently fixed; placed; located; as, a town situated, or situate, on a hill or on the seashore.
2. Placed; residing.
Pleasure situate in hill and dale. --Milton.
Note: Situate is now less used than situated, but both are well authorized.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
situated
adjective: situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank" [syn: {located}, {placed}, {set}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "situated": assigned, deployed, embosomed, emplaced, ensconced, established, fixed, installed, located, placed, planted, positioned, posted, seated, set, settled, situate, spotted, stationed
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