Stará Turá Geographic coordinates

Stará Turá is in Trenčín Region, Slovakia, at latitude 48.77721 and longitude 17.69433. It lies in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 279 m above sea level.

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Decimal coordinates Simple standard

48.77721, 17.69433

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

48.7772° N 17.6943° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

48°46'38'' N 17°41'39.6'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

33U 697938 5406191

Plus Code Open Location Code

8FWVQMGV+VP

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

u2st6xseg

Latitude and longitude of Stará Turá

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 48.77721 17.69433
Decimal Degrees (DD) 48.7772° N 17.6943° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 48°46'38'' N 17°41'39.6'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 48°46.633' N 17°41.66' E

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48.7772° N 17.6943° E
Stará Turá Parallel and meridian of Stará Turá Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Stará Turá

Distance to the equator 5,424 km (3,370 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 1,294 km (804 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 4,584 km (2,848 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 15,431 km (9,588 mi)
Elevation 279 m (915 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Stará Turá

Stará Turá lies on the same parallel as cities like Paris (France) and near the same meridian as cities like Stockholm (Sweden).

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

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