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Swartkop Air Force Base Coordinates

GT, ZA · Elevation 1,457m

Quick answer: Swartkop Air Force Base is located at -25.809700, 28.164600 (S, 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

-25.809700, 28.164600
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

25°48'34.92"S 28°9'52.56"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

25°48.5820'S 28°9.8760'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

35J 616743 7144874
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

35JPM1674344874
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

kekj0vkzd
Plus Code

Open Location Code

5G6C55R7+5M

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Swartkop Air Force Base. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

25.809700, 28.164600

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

25.809700, 28.164600
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

25°48'34.92"N 28°9'52.56"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

25°48.5820'N 28°9.8760'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

35R 616743 2855126
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

35RPJ1674355126
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

sss4bfsb6
Plus Code

Open Location Code

7GQCR557+X7

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 35JPM1674344874 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 35 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 35 runs 24° to 30° longitude.
Latitude Band J One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square PM A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter P (west–east) and row letter M (south–north).
Easting 16743 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 44874 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 Swartkop Air Force Base's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
k
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
ke
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
kek
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
kekj
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
kekj0
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
kekj0v
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
kekj0vk
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
kekj0vkz
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
kekj0vkzd
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Swartkop Air Force Base

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

Live Converter

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DD

-25.809700, 28.164600

DMS

25°48'34.92"S 28°9'52.56"E

DDM

25°48.5820'S 28°9.8760'E

UTM

35J 616743 7144874

MGRS

35JPM1674344874

GH

kekj0vkzd

OLC

5G6C55R7+5M