Dar el Barka Geographic coordinates

Dar el Barka is in Brakna, Mauritania, at latitude 16.68294 and longitude -14.70031. It lies in the northern and western hemispheres, near sea level.

Flag of Mauritania Brakna, Mauritania Northern · Western Hemisphere
Decimal coordinates Simple standard

16.68294, -14.70031

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

16.6829° N 14.7003° W

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

16°40'58.6'' N 14°42'1.1'' W

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

28Q 531953 1844505

Plus Code Open Location Code

7C87M7MX+5V

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

edvwcmp91

Latitude and longitude of Dar el Barka

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 16.68294 -14.70031
Decimal Degrees (DD) 16.6829° N 14.7003° W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 16°40'58.6'' N 14°42'1.1'' W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 16°40.976' N 14°42.019' W

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16.6829° N 14.7003° W
Dar el Barka Parallel and meridian of Dar el Barka Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Dar el Barka

Distance to the equator 1,855 km (1,153 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 1,565 km (973 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 8,152 km (5,065 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 11,862 km (7,371 mi)
Elevation 8 m (26 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Dar el Barka

Dar el Barka lies near the same parallel as cities like Hyderabad (India) and near the same meridian as cities like Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain).

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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 Dar el Barka 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 Dar el Barka: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

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