Kays Qal‘ah Geographic coordinates

Kays Qal‘ah is in Nineveh, Iraq, at latitude 36.63011 and longitude 43.30378. It lies in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 423 m above sea level.

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Decimal coordinates Simple standard

36.63011, 43.30378

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

36.6301° N 43.3038° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

36°37'48.4'' N 43°18'13.6'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

38S 348343 4055180

Plus Code Open Location Code

8H85J8J3+2G

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

sywb3kkcg

Latitude and longitude of Kays Qal‘ah

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 36.63011 43.30378
Decimal Degrees (DD) 36.6301° N 43.3038° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 36°37'48.4'' N 43°18'13.6'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 36°37.807' N 43°18.227' E

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36.6301° N 43.3038° E
Kays Qal‘ah Parallel and meridian of Kays Qal‘ah Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Kays Qal‘ah

Distance to the equator 4,073 km (2,531 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 3,830 km (2,380 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 5,934 km (3,687 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 14,080 km (8,749 mi)
Elevation 423 m (1,388 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Kays Qal‘ah

Kays Qal‘ah lies near the same parallel as cities like Tokyo (Japan) and near the same meridian as cities like Nizhniy Novgorod (Russia).

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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 Kays Qal‘ah 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 Kays Qal‘ah: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

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