Samaipata Geographic coordinates

Samaipata is in Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia, at latitude -18.17754 and longitude -63.87563. It lies in the southern and western hemispheres, about 1,694 m above sea level.

Flag of Bolivia Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia Southern · Western Hemisphere
Decimal coordinates Simple standard

-18.17754, -63.87563

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

18.1775° S 63.8756° W

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

18°10'39.1'' S 63°52'32.3'' W

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

20K 407394 7989951

Plus Code Open Location Code

57HRR4CF+XP

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

6sf8d6zhj

Latitude and longitude of Samaipata

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard -18.17754 -63.87563
Decimal Degrees (DD) 18.1775° S 63.8756° W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 18°10'39.1'' S 63°52'32.3'' W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 18°10.652' S 63°52.538' W

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18.1775° S 63.8756° W
Samaipata Parallel and meridian of Samaipata Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Samaipata

Distance to the equator 2,021 km (1,256 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 6,710 km (4,169 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 12,028 km (7,474 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 7,986 km (4,962 mi)
Elevation 1,694 m (5,558 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Samaipata

Samaipata lies on the same parallel as cities like Suva (Fiji) and near the same meridian as cities like Córdoba (Argentina).

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

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