Bairiki Village Geographic coordinates

Bairiki Village is in Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, at latitude 1.32924 and longitude 172.97522. It lies in the northern and eastern hemispheres, near sea level.

Flag of Kiribati Gilbert Islands, Kiribati Northern · Eastern Hemisphere
Decimal coordinates Simple standard

1.32924, 172.97522

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

1.3292° N 172.9752° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

1°19'45.3'' N 172°58'30.8'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

59N 719778 147009

Plus Code Open Location Code

6VHJ8XHG+M3

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

xb5p81uxq

Latitude and longitude of Bairiki Village

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 1.32924 172.97522
Decimal Degrees (DD) 1.3292° N 172.9752° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 1°19'45.3'' N 172°58'30.8'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 1°19.754' N 172°58.513' E

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1.3292° N 172.9752° E
Bairiki Village Parallel and meridian of Bairiki Village Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Bairiki Village

Distance to the equator 148 km (92 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 19,179 km (11,917 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 9,859 km (6,126 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 10,155 km (6,310 mi)
Elevation 11 m (36 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Bairiki Village

Bairiki Village lies on the same parallel as cities like Singapore (Singapore) and on the same meridian as cities like Christchurch (New Zealand).

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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 Bairiki Village 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 Bairiki Village: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

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