New Achimota Geographic coordinates

New Achimota is in Greater Accra, Ghana, at latitude 5.62657 and longitude -0.25807. It lies in the northern and western hemispheres, about 59 m above sea level.

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Decimal coordinates Simple standard

5.62657, -0.25807

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

5.6266° N 0.2581° W

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

5°37'35.7'' N 0°15'29.1'' W

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

30N 803762 622638

Plus Code Open Location Code

6CQXJPGR+JQ

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

ecpb40k14

Latitude and longitude of New Achimota

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 5.62657 -0.25807
Decimal Degrees (DD) 5.6266° N 0.2581° W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 5°37'35.7'' N 0°15'29.1'' W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 5°37.594' N 0°15.484' W

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5.6266° N 0.2581° W
New Achimota Parallel and meridian of New Achimota Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about New Achimota

Distance to the equator 626 km (389 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 29 km (18 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 9,381 km (5,829 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 10,633 km (6,607 mi)
Elevation 59 m (194 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of New Achimota

New Achimota lies near the same parallel as cities like Bogotá (Colombia) and on the same meridian as cities like London (United Kingdom).

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

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