Flying Fish Cove Geographic coordinates

Flying Fish Cove is in Christmas Island, at latitude -10.42172 and longitude 105.67912. It lies in the southern and eastern hemispheres, about 135 m above sea level.

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Decimal coordinates Simple standard

-10.42172, 105.67912

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

10.4217° S 105.6791° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

10°25'18.2'' S 105°40'44.8'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

48L 574332 8847880

Plus Code Open Location Code

5PX7HMHH+8J

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

qq5hsyc1j

Latitude and longitude of Flying Fish Cove

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard -10.42172 105.67912
Decimal Degrees (DD) 10.4217° S 105.6791° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 10°25'18.2'' S 105°40'44.8'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 10°25.303' S 105°40.747' E

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10.4217° S 105.6791° E
Flying Fish Cove Parallel and meridian of Flying Fish Cove Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Flying Fish Cove

Distance to the equator 1,159 km (720 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 11,477 km (7,131 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 11,166 km (6,938 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 8,848 km (5,498 mi)
Elevation 135 m (443 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Flying Fish Cove

Flying Fish Cove lies near the same parallel as cities like Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) and on the same meridian as cities like Hanoi (Vietnam).

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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 Flying Fish Cove 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 Flying Fish Cove: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

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