Suḩayl Shibām Geographic coordinates

Suḩayl Shibām is in Muhafazat Hadramaout, Yemen, at latitude 15.91448 and longitude 48.63864. It lies in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 680 m above sea level.

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Decimal coordinates Simple standard

15.91448, 48.63864

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

15.9145° N 48.6386° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

15°54'52.1'' N 48°38'19.1'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

39P 247186 1760905

Plus Code Open Location Code

7H7CWJ7Q+QF

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

t4fddc1sd

Latitude and longitude of Suḩayl Shibām

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 15.91448 48.63864
Decimal Degrees (DD) 15.9145° N 48.6386° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 15°54'52.1'' N 48°38'19.1'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 15°54.869' N 48°38.318' E

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15.9145° N 48.6386° E
Suḩayl Shibām Parallel and meridian of Suḩayl Shibām Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Suḩayl Shibām

Distance to the equator 1,770 km (1,100 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 5,188 km (3,224 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 8,238 km (5,119 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 11,777 km (7,318 mi)
Elevation 680 m (2,231 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Suḩayl Shibām

Suḩayl Shibām lies near the same parallel as cities like Plymouth (Montserrat) and near the same meridian as cities like Kazan (Russia).

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

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