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H3 Southwest Air Base Coordinates

AN, IQ

Quick answer: H3 Southwest Air Base is located at 32.744927, 39.599556 (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

32.744927, 39.599556
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

32°44'41.74"N 39°35'58.40"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

32°44.6956'N 39°35.9734'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

37S 556169 3623169
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

37SES5616923169
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

svu4m1590
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8G4XPHVX+XV

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from H3 Southwest Air Base. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

-32.744927, 39.599556

Hemisphere: S, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

-32.744927, 39.599556
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

32°44'41.74"S 39°35'58.40"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

32°44.6956'S 39°35.9734'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

37H 556169 6376831
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

37HED5616976831
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

kfhjtngwb
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4GVX7H4X+53

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 37SES5616923169 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 37 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 37 runs 36° to 42° longitude.
Latitude Band S One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square ES A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter E (west–east) and row letter S (south–north).
Easting 56169 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 23169 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 H3 Southwest Air Base's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
s
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
sv
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
svu
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
svu4
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
svu4m
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
svu4m1
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
svu4m15
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
svu4m159
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
svu4m1590
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About H3 Southwest Air Base

H3 Southwest Air Base (IQ-0021) is a medium airport in IQ.

Live Converter

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DD

32.744927, 39.599556

DMS

32°44'41.74"N 39°35'58.40"E

DDM

32°44.6956'N 39°35.9734'E

UTM

37S 556169 3623169

MGRS

37SES5616923169

GH

svu4m1590

OLC

8G4XPHVX+XV