Old Harbour Bay Geographic coordinates

Old Harbour Bay is in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica, at latitude 17.90918 and longitude -77.09718. It lies in the northern and western hemispheres, near sea level.

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Decimal coordinates Simple standard

17.90918, -77.09718

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

17.9092° N 77.0972° W

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

17°54'33'' N 77°5'49.8'' W

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

18Q 277833 1981388

Plus Code Open Location Code

7794WW53+M4

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

d71jvs789

Latitude and longitude of Old Harbour Bay

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 17.90918 -77.09718
Decimal Degrees (DD) 17.9092° N 77.0972° W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 17°54'33'' N 77°5'49.8'' W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 17°54.551' N 77°5.831' W

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17.9092° N 77.0972° W
Old Harbour Bay Parallel and meridian of Old Harbour Bay Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Old Harbour Bay

Distance to the equator 1,991 km (1,237 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 8,088 km (5,025 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 8,016 km (4,981 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 11,998 km (7,455 mi)
Elevation 5 m (16 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Old Harbour Bay

Old Harbour Bay lies near the same parallel as cities like Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and on 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 Old Harbour Bay 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 Old Harbour Bay: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

More about Old Harbour Bay and Jamaica

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