Onverwacht Geographic coordinates

Onverwacht is in Para District, Suriname, at latitude 5.58983 and longitude -55.19462. It lies in the northern and western hemispheres, near sea level.

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

5.58983, -55.19462

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

5.5898° N 55.1946° W

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

5°35'23.4'' N 55°11'40.6'' W

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

21N 699977 618171

Plus Code Open Location Code

68Q6HRQ4+W5

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

dbbzb18e0

Latitude and longitude of Onverwacht

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 5.58983 -55.19462
Decimal Degrees (DD) 5.5898° N 55.1946° W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 5°35'23.4'' N 55°11'40.6'' W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 5°35.39' N 55°11.677' W

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5.5898° N 55.1946° W
Onverwacht, Suriname Parallel and meridian of Onverwacht Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Onverwacht

Distance to the equator 622 km (386 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 6,105 km (3,794 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 9,386 km (5,832 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 10,629 km (6,604 mi)
Elevation 7 m (23 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Onverwacht

Onverwacht lies near the same parallel as cities like Bogotá (Colombia) 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 Onverwacht 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 Onverwacht: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

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