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Ysterplaat Air Force Base Coordinates

WC, ZA · Elevation 16m

Quick answer: Ysterplaat Air Force Base is located at -33.900200, 18.498301 (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

-33.900200, 18.498301
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

33°54'0.72"S 18°29'53.88"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

33°54.0120'S 18°29.8981'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

34H 268676 6246092
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

34HBH6867646092
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

k3vphuwj1
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4FRW3FXX+VM

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

33.900200, 18.498301

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

33.900200, 18.498301
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

33°54'0.72"N 18°29'53.88"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

33°54.0120'N 18°29.8981'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

34S 268676 3753908
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

34SBC6867653908
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

sqj0ugq4c
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8F5WWF2X+37

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 34HBH6867646092 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 34 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 34 runs 18° to 24° longitude.
Latitude Band H One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square BH A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter B (west–east) and row letter H (south–north).
Easting 68676 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 46092 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 Ysterplaat 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
k3
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
k3v
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
k3vp
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
k3vph
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
k3vphu
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
k3vphuw
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
k3vphuwj
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
k3vphuwj1
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Ysterplaat Air Force Base

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

Live Converter

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DD

-33.900200, 18.498301

DMS

33°54'0.72"S 18°29'53.88"E

DDM

33°54.0120'S 18°29.8981'E

UTM

34H 268676 6246092

MGRS

34HBH6867646092

GH

k3vphuwj1

OLC

4FRW3FXX+VM

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