Arawa Geographic coordinates

Arawa is in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, at latitude -6.22977 and longitude 155.56598. It lies in the southern and eastern hemispheres, near sea level.

Flag of Papua New Guinea Bougainville, Papua New Guinea Southern · Eastern Hemisphere
Decimal coordinates Simple standard

-6.22977, 155.56598

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

6.2298° S 155.566° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

6°13'47.2'' S 155°33'57.5'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

56M 783948 9310706

Plus Code Open Location Code

6R5QQHC8+39

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

rqyseczsy

Latitude and longitude of Arawa

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard -6.22977 155.56598
Decimal Degrees (DD) 6.2298° S 155.566° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 6°13'47.2'' S 155°33'57.5'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 6°13.786' S 155°33.959' E

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6.2298° S 155.566° E
Arawa Parallel and meridian of Arawa Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Arawa

Distance to the equator 693 km (430 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 16,969 km (10,544 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 10,700 km (6,649 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 9,314 km (5,788 mi)
Elevation 28 m (92 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Arawa

Arawa lies on the same parallel as cities like Jakarta (Indonesia) and on the same meridian as cities like Omsukchan (Russia).

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

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