Grand Bois Geographic coordinates

Grand Bois is in Savanne, Mauritius, at latitude -20.41889 and longitude 57.54417. It lies in the southern and eastern hemispheres, about 407 m above sea level.

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Decimal coordinates Simple standard

-20.41889, 57.54417

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

20.4189° S 57.5442° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

20°25'8'' S 57°32'39'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

40K 556772 7742069

Plus Code Open Location Code

5HFVHGJV+CM

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

mk2gv6y7k

Latitude and longitude of Grand Bois

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard -20.41889 57.54417
Decimal Degrees (DD) 20.4189° S 57.5442° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 20°25'8'' S 57°32'39'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 20°25.133' S 57°32.65' E

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20.4189° S 57.5442° E
Grand Bois Parallel and meridian of Grand Bois Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Grand Bois

Distance to the equator 2,270 km (1,411 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 5,963 km (3,705 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 12,277 km (7,629 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 7,737 km (4,807 mi)
Elevation 407 m (1,335 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Grand Bois

Grand Bois lies near the same parallel as cities like Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and near the same meridian as cities like Muscat (Oman).

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

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