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Athens Coordinates

Attica, Greece · Elevation 70m

Quick answer: Athens is located at 37.983800, 23.727500 (N, 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

37.983800, 23.727500
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

37°59'1.68"N 23°43'39.00"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

37°59.0280'N 23°43.6500'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

34S 739542 4207528
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

34SGH3954207528
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

swbb5ftzd
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8G95XPMG+HQ

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-37.983800, 23.727500

Hemisphere: S, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

-37.983800, 23.727500
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

37°59'1.68"S 23°43'39.00"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

37°59.0280'S 23°43.6500'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

34H 739542 5792472
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

34HGC3954292472
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

k90zgvmb6
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4GJ52P8G+H9

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 34SGH3954207528 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 34 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 34 runs 18° to 24° longitude.
Latitude Band S One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square GH A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter G (west–east) and row letter H (south–north).
Easting 39542 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 07528 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 Athens's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
s
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
sw
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
swb
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
swbb
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
swbb5
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
swbb5f
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
swbb5ft
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
swbb5ftz
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
swbb5ftzd
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Athens

Capital of Greece, the cradle of democracy and Western civilization, crowned by the Acropolis.

Live Converter

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DD

37.983800, 23.727500

DMS

37°59'1.68"N 23°43'39.00"E

DDM

37°59.0280'N 23°43.6500'E

UTM

34S 739542 4207528

MGRS

34SGH3954207528

GH

swbb5ftzd

OLC

8G95XPMG+HQ

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