Morehead Geographic coordinates

Morehead is in Western Province, Papua New Guinea, at latitude -8.71065 and longitude 141.63668. It lies in the southern and eastern hemispheres, near sea level.

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Decimal coordinates Simple standard

-8.71065, 141.63668

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

8.7107° S 141.6367° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

8°42'38.3'' S 141°38'12'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

54L 570036 9037078

Plus Code Open Location Code

6R337JQP+PM

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

rnkwrn28v

Latitude and longitude of Morehead

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard -8.71065 141.63668
Decimal Degrees (DD) 8.7107° S 141.6367° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 8°42'38.3'' S 141°38'12'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 8°42.639' S 141°38.201' E

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8.7107° S 141.6367° E
Morehead, Papua New Guinea Parallel and meridian of Morehead Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Morehead

Distance to the equator 969 km (602 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 15,344 km (9,535 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 10,976 km (6,820 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 9,039 km (5,616 mi)
Elevation 11 m (36 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Morehead

Morehead lies near the same parallel as cities like Honiara (Solomon Islands) and on the same meridian as cities like Sapporo (Japan).

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

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