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Elcho Island Airport Coordinates

NT, AU · Elevation 31m

Quick answer: Elcho Island Airport is located at -12.019400, 135.570999 (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

-12.019400, 135.570999
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

12°1'9.84"S 135°34'15.60"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

12°1.1640'S 135°34.2599'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

53L 562155 8671237
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

53LNG6215571237
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

rjb7sgzvc
Plus Code

Open Location Code

5QVQXHJC+78

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

12.019400, 135.570999

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

12.019400, 135.570999
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

12°1'9.84"N 135°34'15.60"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

12°1.1640'N 135°34.2599'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

53P 562155 1328763
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

53PNP6215528763
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

x40kkupf1
Plus Code

Open Location Code

7Q4Q2H9C+MP

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 53LNG6215571237 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 53 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 53 runs 132° to 138° longitude.
Latitude Band L One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square NG A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter N (west–east) and row letter G (south–north).
Easting 62155 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 71237 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 Elcho Island Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
r
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
rj
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
rjb
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
rjb7
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
rjb7s
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
rjb7sg
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
rjb7sgz
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
rjb7sgzv
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
rjb7sgzvc
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Elcho Island Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

-12.019400, 135.570999

DMS

12°1'9.84"S 135°34'15.60"E

DDM

12°1.1640'S 135°34.2599'E

UTM

53L 562155 8671237

MGRS

53LNG6215571237

GH

rjb7sgzvc

OLC

5QVQXHJC+78