Byurakan Geographic coordinates

Byurakan is in Aragatsotn, Armenia, at latitude 40.33894 and longitude 44.27275. It lies in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 1,489 m above sea level.

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Decimal coordinates Simple standard

40.33894, 44.27275

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

40.3389° N 44.2728° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

40°20'20.2'' N 44°16'21.9'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

38T 438230 4465631

Plus Code Open Location Code

8HG687QF+H4

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

szpmrrqrm

Latitude and longitude of Byurakan

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 40.33894 44.27275
Decimal Degrees (DD) 40.3389° N 44.2728° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 40°20'20.2'' N 44°16'21.9'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 40°20.336' N 44°16.365' E

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40.3389° N 44.2728° E
Byurakan Parallel and meridian of Byurakan Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Byurakan

Distance to the equator 4,485 km (2,787 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 3,712 km (2,306 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 5,522 km (3,431 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 14,492 km (9,005 mi)
Elevation 1,489 m (4,885 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Byurakan

Byurakan lies on the same parallel as cities like New York City (United States) and on the same meridian as cities like Baghdad (Iraq).

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

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