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Mount Pleasant Airport / RAF Mount Pleasant Coordinates

U-A, FK · Elevation 74m

Quick answer: Mount Pleasant Airport / RAF Mount Pleasant is located at -51.822642, -58.445777 (S, W).

Different tools require different formats — Garmin devices default to DDM, military maps use MGRS, topo maps use UTM, and web apps expect Decimal Degrees. Copy whichever format your device or application needs. Click any format abbreviation to learn how it works.

All Coordinate Formats

DD

Decimal Degrees

-51.822642, -58.445777
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

51°49'21.51"S 58°26'44.80"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

51°49.3585'S 58°26.7466'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

21F 400357 4257699
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

21FVC0035757699
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

4wy3njcp4
Plus Code

Open Location Code

38W35HG3+WQ

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Mount Pleasant Airport / RAF Mount Pleasant. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

51.822642, -58.445777

Hemisphere: N, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

51.822642, -58.445777
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

51°49'21.51"N 58°26'44.80"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

51°49.3585'N 58°26.7466'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

21U 400357 5742301
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

21UVT0035742301
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

f9nqy410f
Plus Code

Open Location Code

9833RHF3+49

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 21FVC0035757699 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 21 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 21 runs -60° to -54° longitude.
Latitude Band F One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square VC A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter V (west–east) and row letter C (south–north).
Easting 00357 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 57699 Distance north within the 100 km square. Same resolution as easting (10 m).

Geohash Precision

A geohash encodes coordinates by subdividing the Earth into progressively smaller cells. Each extra character roughly halves the cell area. The table below shows Mount Pleasant Airport / RAF Mount Pleasant's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
4
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
4w
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
4wy
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
4wy3
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
4wy3n
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
4wy3nj
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
4wy3njc
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
4wy3njcp
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
4wy3njcp4
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

Precision 9 (highlighted) is the default and provides sub-5-metre accuracy for most applications.

About Mount Pleasant Airport / RAF Mount Pleasant

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Mount_Pleasant

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DD

-51.822642, -58.445777

DMS

51°49'21.51"S 58°26'44.80"W

DDM

51°49.3585'S 58°26.7466'W

UTM

21F 400357 4257699

MGRS

21FVC0035757699

GH

4wy3njcp4

OLC

38W35HG3+WQ