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Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia Coordinates

U-A, IO · Elevation 3m

Quick answer: Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia is located at -7.313270, 72.411102 (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

-7.313270, 72.411102
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

7°18'47.77"S 72°24'39.97"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

7°18.7962'S 72°24.6661'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

43M 214154 9190798
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

43MBM1415490798
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

mweqru8jh
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6J4JMCP6+MH

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

7.313270, 72.411102

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

7.313270, 72.411102
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

7°18'47.77"N 72°24'39.97"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

7°18.7962'N 72°24.6661'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

43N 214154 809202
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

43NBJ1415409202
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

t973xg24u
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6JVJ8C76+7H

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 43MBM1415490798 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 43 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 43 runs 72° to 78° longitude.
Latitude Band M One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square BM A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter B (west–east) and row letter M (south–north).
Easting 14154 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 90798 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 Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
m
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
mw
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
mwe
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
mweq
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
mweqr
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
mweqru
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
mweqru8
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
mweqru8j
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
mweqru8jh
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia

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

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DD

-7.313270, 72.411102

DMS

7°18'47.77"S 72°24'39.97"E

DDM

7°18.7962'S 72°24.6661'E

UTM

43M 214154 9190798

MGRS

43MBM1415490798

GH

mweqru8jh

OLC

6J4JMCP6+MH