Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, Australia
Latitude and longitude coordinates are: -20.282677, 149.034912.
Whitehaven Beach is a beautiful beach with bright white sands (98 percent pure white silica) and warm turquoise waters, located in Whitsunday Island, Australia. Situated in the center of the Great Barrier Reef, it is a 7 km long beach, and famous for its soft, white silica sands. It is considered one of the best beaches on earth. The beach was also chosen as "Queensland's Cleanest Beach" at the 2008 Beach Challenge State Awards, as well as the world's top Eco-Friendly Beach by CNN.com. The beach hosts swimming competitions. Hamilton Island offers several day trips and tours to the beach. There is also a campground, Whitehaven Beach Campground, in the area.
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Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, Australia Lat Long Coordinates Info
The latitude of Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, Australia is -20.282677, and the longitude is 149.034912. Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, Australia is located at Australia country in the Beaches place category with the gps coordinates of 20° 16' 57.6372'' S and 149° 2' 5.6832'' E.
Country | Australia |
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Latitude | -20.282677 |
Longitude | 149.034912 |
DMS Lat | 20° 16' 57.6372'' S |
DMS Long | 149° 2' 5.6832'' E |
UTM Easting | 712,514.05 |
UTM Northing | 7,755,928.57 |
Category | Beaches |
Country Code | AU |
Zoom Level | 15 |
Coordinates of Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, Australia is given above in both decimal degrees and DMS (degrees, minutes and seconds) format. The country code given is in the ISO2 format.
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