Matthews Ridge
Matthews Ridge is a small village within the Barima-Waini administrative region of Guyana. The village name comes from the name of a British public official, Matthew French Young, as well as the ridges in the area.- Type: Village
- Description: place in Barima-Waini, Guyana
- Also known as: “Matthews Ridge, Guyana”
Matthews Ridge
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Barima-Waini, Guyana, South America
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Latitude
7.49136° or 7° 29′ 29″ north
Longitude
-60.15181° or 60° 9′ 7″ west
Elevation
85 metres (279 feet)
IATA airport code
MWJ
UN/LOCODE
GY MWJ
Open location code
67VXFRRX+G7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Matthews Ridge” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “馬修斯嶺 (蓋亞那)”
- Chinese: “馬修斯嶺”
- Dutch: “Matthew’s Ridge”
- Dutch: “Matthews Ridge”
- Japanese: “マシューズ・リッジ”
- Spanish: “Matthew’s Ridge”
- Spanish: “Matthews Ridge”
- Urdu: “میتھیوز رج، گیانا”
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