Mountain View Gardens Geographic coordinates

Mountain View Gardens is in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica, at latitude 17.98559 and longitude -76.76714. It lies in the northern and western hemispheres, about 52 m above sea level.

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Decimal coordinates Simple standard

17.98559, -76.76714

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

17.9856° N 76.7671° W

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

17°59'8.1'' N 76°46'1.7'' W

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

18Q 312887 1989482

Plus Code Open Location Code

7795X6PM+64

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

d71qm45ve

Latitude and longitude of Mountain View Gardens

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 17.98559 -76.76714
Decimal Degrees (DD) 17.9856° N 76.7671° W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 17°59'8.1'' N 76°46'1.7'' W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 17°59.135' N 76°46.028' W

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17.9856° N 76.7671° W
Mountain View Gardens Parallel and meridian of Mountain View Gardens Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Mountain View Gardens

Distance to the equator 2,000 km (1,243 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 8,050 km (5,002 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 8,007 km (4,975 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 12,007 km (7,461 mi)
Elevation 52 m (171 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Mountain View Gardens

Mountain View Gardens lies near the same parallel as cities like Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and near the same meridian as cities like Lima (Peru).

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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 Mountain View Gardens 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 Mountain View Gardens: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

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