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Canton Island Airport Coordinates

P, KI · Elevation 3m

Quick answer: Canton Island Airport is located at -2.768120, -171.710007 (S, W).

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

-2.768120, -171.710007
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

2°46'5.23"S 171°42'36.02"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

2°46.0872'S 171°42.6004'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

2M 421084 9694014
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

2MMB2108494014
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

2ptbk8hdd
Plus Code

Open Location Code

629C67JQ+QQ

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

2.768120, -171.710007

Hemisphere: N, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

2.768120, -171.710007
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

2°46'5.23"N 171°42'36.02"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

2°46.0872'N 171°42.6004'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

2N 421084 305986
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

2NMJ2108405986
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

80mzsxut6
Plus Code

Open Location Code

62JCQ79Q+99

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 2MMB2108494014 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 2 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 2 runs -174° to -168° 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 MB A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter M (west–east) and row letter B (south–north).
Easting 21084 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 94014 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 Canton Island Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
2
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
2p
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
2pt
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
2ptb
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
2ptbk
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
2ptbk8
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
2ptbk8h
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
2ptbk8hd
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
2ptbk8hdd
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Canton Island Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

-2.768120, -171.710007

DMS

2°46'5.23"S 171°42'36.02"W

DDM

2°46.0872'S 171°42.6004'W

UTM

2M 421084 9694014

MGRS

2MMB2108494014

GH

2ptbk8hdd

OLC

629C67JQ+QQ

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