Five Cays Settlement Geographic coordinates

Five Cays Settlement is in Turks and Caicos Islands, at latitude 21.75711 and longitude -72.26772. It lies in the northern and western hemispheres, near sea level.

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Decimal coordinates Simple standard

21.75711, -72.26772

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

21.7571° N 72.2677° W

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

21°45'25.6'' N 72°16'3.8'' W

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

18Q 782584 2408442

Plus Code Open Location Code

77H9QP4J+RW

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

d7ueg8b22

Latitude and longitude of Five Cays Settlement

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 21.75711 -72.26772
Decimal Degrees (DD) 21.7571° N 72.2677° W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 21°45'25.6'' N 72°16'3.8'' W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 21°45.427' N 72°16.063' W

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21.7571° N 72.2677° W
Five Cays Settlement Parallel and meridian of Five Cays Settlement Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Five Cays Settlement

Distance to the equator 2,419 km (1,503 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 7,385 km (4,589 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 7,588 km (4,715 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 12,426 km (7,721 mi)
Elevation 9 m (30 ft)
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Five Cays Settlement lies near the same parallel as cities like Hong Kong (Hong Kong) and on the same meridian as cities like Port-au-Prince (Haiti).

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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 Five Cays Settlement 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 Five Cays Settlement: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

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