Quatre Bornes Geographic coordinates

Quatre Bornes is in Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius, at latitude -20.26381 and longitude 57.4791. It lies in the southern and eastern hemispheres, about 335 m above sea level.

Flag of Mauritius Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius Southern · Eastern Hemisphere
Decimal coordinates Simple standard

-20.26381, 57.4791

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

20.2638° S 57.4791° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

20°15'49.7'' S 57°28'44.8'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

40K 550033 7759253

Plus Code Open Location Code

5HFVPFPH+FJ

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

mk2uezp4b

Latitude and longitude of Quatre Bornes

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard -20.26381 57.4791
Decimal Degrees (DD) 20.2638° S 57.4791° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 20°15'49.7'' S 57°28'44.8'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 20°15.829' S 57°28.746' E

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20.2638° S 57.4791° E
Quatre Bornes Parallel and meridian of Quatre Bornes Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Quatre Bornes

Distance to the equator 2,253 km (1,400 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 5,962 km (3,705 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 12,260 km (7,618 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 7,754 km (4,818 mi)
Elevation 335 m (1,099 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Quatre Bornes

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

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