Grahamstown Geographic coordinates

Grahamstown is in Eastern Cape, South Africa, at latitude -33.30422 and longitude 26.53276. It lies in the southern and eastern hemispheres, about 551 m above sea level.

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Decimal coordinates Simple standard

-33.30422, 26.53276

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

33.3042° S 26.5328° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

33°18'15.2'' S 26°31'57.9'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

35H 456503 6314889

Plus Code Open Location Code

4GR8MGWM+84

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

kd4fec0sf

Latitude and longitude of Grahamstown

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard -33.30422 26.53276
Decimal Degrees (DD) 33.3042° S 26.5328° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 33°18'15.2'' S 26°31'57.9'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 33°18.253' S 26°31.966' E

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33.3042° S 26.5328° E
Grahamstown Parallel and meridian of Grahamstown Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Grahamstown

Distance to the equator 3,703 km (2,301 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 2,459 km (1,528 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 13,710 km (8,519 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 6,304 km (3,917 mi)
Elevation 551 m (1,808 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Grahamstown

Grahamstown lies on the same parallel as cities like Santiago (Chile) and on the same meridian as cities like Bucharest (Romania).

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

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