Te Hapara Geographic coordinates

Te Hapara is in Gisborne, New Zealand, at latitude -38.64824 and longitude 177.99021. It lies in the southern and eastern hemispheres, near sea level.

Flag of New Zealand Gisborne, New Zealand Southern · Eastern Hemisphere
Decimal coordinates Simple standard

-38.64824, 177.99021

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

38.6482° S 177.9902° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

38°38'53.7'' S 177°59'24.8'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

60H 586168 5721792

Plus Code Open Location Code

4VHV9X2R+P3

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

rcns4k298

Latitude and longitude of Te Hapara

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard -38.64824 177.99021
Decimal Degrees (DD) 38.6482° S 177.9902° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 38°38'53.7'' S 177°59'24.8'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 38°38.894' S 177°59.413' E

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38.6482° S 177.9902° E
Te Hapara Parallel and meridian of Te Hapara Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Te Hapara

Distance to the equator 4,297 km (2,670 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 11,417 km (7,094 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 14,304 km (8,888 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 5,710 km (3,548 mi)
Elevation 9 m (30 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Te Hapara

Te Hapara lies near the same parallel as cities like Melbourne (Australia) and near the same meridian as cities like Suva (Fiji).

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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 Te Hapara 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 Te Hapara: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

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