Roches Noire Geographic coordinates

Roches Noire is in Rivière du Rempart, Mauritius, at latitude -20.11111 and longitude 57.71222. It lies in the southern and eastern hemispheres, near sea level.

Flag of Mauritius Rivière du Rempart, Mauritius Southern · Eastern Hemisphere
Decimal coordinates Simple standard

-20.11111, 57.71222

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

20.1111° S 57.7122° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

20°6'40'' S 57°42'44'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

40K 574451 7776064

Plus Code Open Location Code

5HFVVPQ6+HV

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

mk3j96bu2

Latitude and longitude of Roches Noire

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard -20.11111 57.71222
Decimal Degrees (DD) 20.1111° S 57.7122° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 20°6'40'' S 57°42'44'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 20°6.667' S 57°42.733' E

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20.1111° S 57.7122° E
Roches Noire Parallel and meridian of Roches Noire Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Roches Noire

Distance to the equator 2,236 km (1,389 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 5,993 km (3,724 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 12,243 km (7,608 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 7,771 km (4,829 mi)
Elevation 23 m (75 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Roches Noire

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

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