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Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport Coordinates

U-A, CC · Elevation 3m

Quick answer: Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport is located at -12.192218, 96.834103 (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

-12.192218, 96.834103
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

12°11'31.98"S 96°50'2.77"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

12°11.5331'S 96°50.0462'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

47L 264339 8651250
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

47LKG6433951250
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

qjufes2rn
Plus Code

Open Location Code

5MVRRR5M+4G

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

12.192218, 96.834103

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

12.192218, 96.834103
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

12°11'31.98"N 96°50'2.77"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

12°11.5331'N 96°50.0462'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

47P 264339 1348750
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

47PKP6433948750
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

w4hv7e82y
Plus Code

Open Location Code

7M4R5RRM+WG

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 47LKG6433951250 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 47 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 47 runs 96° to 102° 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 KG A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter K (west–east) and row letter G (south–north).
Easting 64339 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 51250 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 Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
q
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
qj
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
qju
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
qjuf
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
qjufe
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
qjufes
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
qjufes2
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
qjufes2r
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
qjufes2rn
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Island_International_Airport

Live Converter

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DD

-12.192218, 96.834103

DMS

12°11'31.98"S 96°50'2.77"E

DDM

12°11.5331'S 96°50.0462'E

UTM

47L 264339 8651250

MGRS

47LKG6433951250

GH

qjufes2rn

OLC

5MVRRR5M+4G