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Svolvær Airport, Helle Coordinates

18, NO · Elevation 8m

Quick answer: Svolvær Airport, Helle is located at 68.243301, 14.669200 (N, E).

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

68.243301, 14.669200
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

68°14'35.88"N 14°40'9.12"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

68°14.5981'N 14°40.1520'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

33W 486316 7570027
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

33WVR8631670027
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

uk4kjz3f1
Plus Code

Open Location Code

9FWP6MV9+8P

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-68.243301, 14.669200

Hemisphere: S, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

-68.243301, 14.669200
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

68°14'35.88"S 14°40'9.12"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

68°14.5981'S 14°40.1520'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

33D 486316 2429973
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

33DVE8631629973
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

h7f7vb9vc
Plus Code

Open Location Code

3F3PQM49+P8

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 33WVR8631670027 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 33 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 33 runs 12° to 18° longitude.
Latitude Band W One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square VR A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter V (west–east) and row letter R (south–north).
Easting 86316 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 70027 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 Svolvær Airport, Helle's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
u
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
uk
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
uk4
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
uk4k
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
uk4kj
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
uk4kjz
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
uk4kjz3
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
uk4kjz3f
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
uk4kjz3f1
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Svolvær Airport, Helle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svolv%C3%A6r_Airport%2C_Helle

Live Converter

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DD

68.243301, 14.669200

DMS

68°14'35.88"N 14°40'9.12"E

DDM

68°14.5981'N 14°40.1520'E

UTM

33W 486316 7570027

MGRS

33WVR8631670027

GH

uk4kjz3f1

OLC

9FWP6MV9+8P