Alapi Village Geographic coordinates

Alapi Village is in Funafuti, Tuvalu, at latitude -8.52074 and longitude 179.1968. It lies in the southern and eastern hemispheres, near sea level.

Flag of Tuvalu Funafuti, Tuvalu Southern · Eastern Hemisphere
Decimal coordinates Simple standard

-8.52074, 179.1968

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

8.5207° S 179.1968° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

8°31'14.7'' S 179°11'48.5'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

60L 741825 9057446

Plus Code Open Location Code

6V3XF5HW+PP

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

ryrrt8z5h

Latitude and longitude of Alapi Village

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard -8.52074 179.1968
Decimal Degrees (DD) 8.5207° S 179.1968° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 8°31'14.7'' S 179°11'48.5'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 8°31.244' S 179°11.808' E

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8.5207° S 179.1968° E
Alapi Village Parallel and meridian of Alapi Village Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Alapi Village

Distance to the equator 947 km (589 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 18,117 km (11,258 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 10,954 km (6,807 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 9,060 km (5,629 mi)
Elevation 7 m (23 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Alapi Village

Alapi Village lies near the same parallel as cities like Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) and near the same meridian as cities like Suva (Fiji).

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

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