Ashkāsham Geographic coordinates

Ashkāsham is in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, at latitude 36.68333 and longitude 71.53333. It lies in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 3,057 m above sea level.

Flag of Afghanistan Badakhshan, Afghanistan Northern · Eastern Hemisphere
Decimal coordinates Simple standard

36.68333, 71.53333

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

36.6833° N 71.5333° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

36°40'60'' N 71°31'60'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

42S 726358 4062735

Plus Code Open Location Code

8J8HMGMM+88

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

twdbevbzz

Latitude and longitude of Ashkāsham

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 36.68333 71.53333
Decimal Degrees (DD) 36.6833° N 71.5333° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 36°40'60'' N 71°31'60'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 36°41' N 71°32' E

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36.6833° N 71.5333° E
Ashkāsham Parallel and meridian of Ashkāsham Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Ashkāsham

Distance to the equator 4,079 km (2,534 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 6,216 km (3,862 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 5,928 km (3,684 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 14,086 km (8,753 mi)
Elevation 3,057 m (10,030 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Ashkāsham

Ashkāsham lies near the same parallel as cities like Seoul (South Korea) and on the same meridian as cities like Peshawar (Pakistan).

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About geographic coordinates

The geographic coordinate system enables any place in the world to be located using its latitude and longitude. The latitude is the position relative to the equator, specifying the north-south position. The longitude specifies the east-west position measured from a reference meridian (usually the Greenwich Prime Meridian). The latitude and longitude of Ashkāsham have been calculated based on the geodetic datum WGS84.

Besides latitude and longitude, there are other systems to express a location: UTM coordinates divide the world into 60 zones and express positions in meters; the Plus Code is an open short code used by Google Maps; and the geohash is a compact format widely used in software applications.

All formats correspond to the same reference point at the center of Ashkāsham: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

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