Kampong Baroe Geographic coordinates

Kampong Baroe is in Saramacca District, Suriname, at latitude 5.75 and longitude -55.4. It lies in the northern and western hemispheres, near sea level.

Flag of Suriname Saramacca District, Suriname Northern · Western Hemisphere
Decimal coordinates Simple standard

5.75, -55.4

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

5.75° N 55.4° W

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

5°45'0'' N 55°23'60'' W

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

21N 677173 635817

Plus Code Open Location Code

68Q6QH2X+2X

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

dc08eqfbn

Latitude and longitude of Kampong Baroe

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 5.75 -55.4
Decimal Degrees (DD) 5.75° N 55.4° W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 5°45'0'' N 55°23'60'' W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 5°45' N 55°24' W

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5.75° N 55.4° W
Kampong Baroe Parallel and meridian of Kampong Baroe Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Kampong Baroe

Distance to the equator 639 km (397 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 6,126 km (3,807 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 9,368 km (5,821 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 10,646 km (6,615 mi)
Elevation 3 m (10 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Kampong Baroe

Kampong Baroe lies near the same parallel as cities like Lagos (Nigeria) and near the same meridian as cities like Montevideo (Uruguay).

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

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