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Ponta Pelada Airport / Manaus Air Base Coordinates

AM, BR · Elevation 81m

Quick answer: Ponta Pelada Airport / Manaus Air Base is located at -3.146040, -59.986301 (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

-3.146040, -59.986301
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

3°8'45.74"S 59°59'10.68"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

3°8.7624'S 59°59.1781'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

21M 168047 9651789
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

21MSS6804751789
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

6xmq4gr2c
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6882V237+FX

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Ponta Pelada Airport / Manaus Air Base. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

3.146040, -59.986301

Hemisphere: N, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

3.146040, -59.986301
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

3°8'45.74"N 59°59'10.68"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

3°8.7624'N 59°59.1781'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

21N 168047 348211
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

21NSD6804748211
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

d8t3fuxr1
Plus Code

Open Location Code

68M242W7+F5

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 21MSS6804751789 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 21 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 21 runs -60° to -54° 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 SS A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter S (west–east) and row letter S (south–north).
Easting 68047 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 51789 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 Ponta Pelada Airport / Manaus Air Base's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
6
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
6x
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
6xm
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
6xmq
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
6xmq4
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
6xmq4g
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
6xmq4gr
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
6xmq4gr2
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
6xmq4gr2c
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Ponta Pelada Airport / Manaus Air Base

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

Live Converter

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DD

-3.146040, -59.986301

DMS

3°8'45.74"S 59°59'10.68"W

DDM

3°8.7624'S 59°59.1781'W

UTM

21M 168047 9651789

MGRS

21MSS6804751789

GH

6xmq4gr2c

OLC

6882V237+FX

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