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RAAF Base East Sale Coordinates

VIC, AU · Elevation 7m

Quick answer: RAAF Base East Sale is located at -38.098900, 147.149002 (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

-38.098900, 147.149002
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

38°5'56.04"S 147°8'56.41"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

38°5.9340'S 147°8.9401'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

55H 513064 5783201
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

55HET1306483201
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

r30xk2q9u
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4RH9W42X+G7

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

38.098900, 147.149002

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

38.098900, 147.149002
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

38°5'56.04"N 147°8'56.41"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

38°5.9340'N 147°8.9401'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

55S 513064 4216799
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

55SEC1306416799
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

xqb8srwwh
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8RC934XX+GV

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 55HET1306483201 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 55 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 55 runs 144° to 150° longitude.
Latitude Band H One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square ET A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter E (west–east) and row letter T (south–north).
Easting 13064 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 83201 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 RAAF Base East Sale'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
r3
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
r30
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
r30x
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
r30xk
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
r30xk2
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
r30xk2q
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
r30xk2q9
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
r30xk2q9u
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About RAAF Base East Sale

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

Live Converter

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DD

-38.098900, 147.149002

DMS

38°5'56.04"S 147°8'56.41"E

DDM

38°5.9340'S 147°8.9401'E

UTM

55H 513064 5783201

MGRS

55HET1306483201

GH

r30xk2q9u

OLC

4RH9W42X+G7