Grande Rivière Noire Geographic coordinates

Grande Rivière Noire is in Black River, Mauritius, at latitude -20.36028 and longitude 57.36611. It lies in the southern and eastern hemispheres.

Flag of Mauritius Black River, Mauritius Southern · Eastern Hemisphere
Decimal coordinates Simple standard

-20.36028, 57.36611

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

20.3603° S 57.3661° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

20°21'37'' S 57°21'58'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

40K 538209 7748607

Plus Code Open Location Code

5HFVJ9Q8+VC

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

mk2u1ms8z

Latitude and longitude of Grande Rivière Noire

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard -20.36028 57.36611
Decimal Degrees (DD) 20.3603° S 57.3661° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 20°21'37'' S 57°21'58'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 20°21.617' S 57°21.967' E

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20.3603° S 57.3661° E
Grande Rivière Noire Parallel and meridian of Grande Rivière Noire Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Grande Rivière Noire

Distance to the equator 2,264 km (1,407 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 5,947 km (3,695 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 12,271 km (7,625 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 7,743 km (4,811 mi)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Grande Rivière Noire

Grande Rivière Noire lies near the same parallel as cities like Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and near the same meridian as cities like Ashgabat (Turkmenistan).

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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 Grande Rivière Noire 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 Grande Rivière Noire: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

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