Mehtar Lām Geographic coordinates

Mehtar Lām is in Laghman, Afghanistan, at latitude 34.67139 and longitude 70.20944. It lies in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 795 m above sea level.

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

34.67139, 70.20944

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

34.6714° N 70.2094° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

34°40'17'' N 70°12'34'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

42S 610806 3837268

Plus Code Open Location Code

8J6GM6C5+HQ

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

tw1vjxszq

Latitude and longitude of Mehtar Lām

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 34.67139 70.20944
Decimal Degrees (DD) 34.6714° N 70.2094° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 34°40'17'' N 70°12'34'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 34°40.283' N 70°12.566' E

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34.6714° N 70.2094° E
Mehtar Lām Parallel and meridian of Mehtar Lām Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Mehtar Lām

Distance to the equator 3,855 km (2,395 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 6,277 km (3,900 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 6,152 km (3,823 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 13,862 km (8,614 mi)
Elevation 795 m (2,608 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Mehtar Lām

Mehtar Lām lies on the same parallel as cities like Los Angeles (United States) and near the same meridian as cities like Tashkent (Uzbekistan).

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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 Mehtar Lām 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 Mehtar Lām: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

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