Kārsava Geographic coordinates

Kārsava is in Ludza Municipality, Latvia, at latitude 56.78405 and longitude 27.68829. It lies in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 101 m above sea level.

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Decimal coordinates Simple standard

56.78405, 27.68829

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

56.7841° N 27.6883° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

56°47'2.6'' N 27°41'17.8'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

35V 542054 6293559

Plus Code Open Location Code

9G89QMMQ+J8

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

ud5en11zp

Latitude and longitude of Kārsava

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 56.78405 27.68829
Decimal Degrees (DD) 56.7841° N 27.6883° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 56°47'2.6'' N 27°41'17.8'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 56°47.043' N 27°41.297' E

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56.7841° N 27.6883° E
Kārsava Parallel and meridian of Kārsava Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Kārsava

Distance to the equator 6,314 km (3,923 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 1,675 km (1,041 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 3,693 km (2,295 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 16,321 km (10,141 mi)
Elevation 101 m (331 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Kārsava

Kārsava lies on the same parallel as cities like Yekaterinburg (Russia) and on the same meridian as cities like Minsk (Belarus).

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

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