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Freetown Coordinates

Western Area, Sierra Leone · Elevation 28m

Quick answer: Freetown is located at 8.465600, -13.231700 (N, 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

8.465600, -13.231700
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

8°27'56.16"N 13°13'54.12"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

8°27.9360'N 13°13.9020'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

28P 694668 936214
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

28PFQ9466836214
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

e9w84vhgx
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6CW8FQ89+73

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-8.465600, -13.231700

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-8.465600, -13.231700
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

8°27'56.16"S 13°13'54.12"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

8°27.9360'S 13°13.9020'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

28L 694668 9063786
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

28LFR9466863786
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

7wqxffuur
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6C38GQM9+MM

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 28PFQ9466836214 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 28 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 28 runs -18° to -12° longitude.
Latitude Band P One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square FQ A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter F (west–east) and row letter Q (south–north).
Easting 94668 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 36214 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 Freetown's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
e
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
e9
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
e9w
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
e9w8
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
e9w84
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
e9w84v
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
e9w84vh
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
e9w84vhg
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
e9w84vhgx
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Freetown

Capital of Sierra Leone, founded as a settlement for freed slaves in 1792.

Live Converter

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DD

8.465600, -13.231700

DMS

8°27'56.16"N 13°13'54.12"W

DDM

8°27.9360'N 13°13.9020'W

UTM

28P 694668 936214

MGRS

28PFQ9466836214

GH

e9w84vhgx

OLC

6CW8FQ89+73

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