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Port Moresby Coordinates

National Capital District, Papua New Guinea · Elevation 43m

Quick answer: Port Moresby is located at -9.443800, 147.180300 (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

-9.443800, 147.180300
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

9°26'37.68"S 147°10'49.08"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

9°26.6280'S 147°10.8180'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

55L 519793 8956077
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

55LEK1979356077
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

rq2dm0v3v
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6R29H54J+C7

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

9.443800, 147.180300

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

9.443800, 147.180300
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

9°26'37.68"N 147°10'49.08"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

9°26.6280'N 147°10.8180'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

55P 519793 1043923
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

55PEL1979343923
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

x38ttpjqj
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6RX9C5VJ+CF

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 55LEK1979356077 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 L One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square EK A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter E (west–east) and row letter K (south–north).
Easting 19793 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 56077 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 Port Moresby'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
rq
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
rq2
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
rq2d
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
rq2dm
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
rq2dm0
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
rq2dm0v
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
rq2dm0v3
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
rq2dm0v3v
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Port Moresby

Capital of Papua New Guinea, on the shore of the Coral Sea.

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DD

-9.443800, 147.180300

DMS

9°26'37.68"S 147°10'49.08"E

DDM

9°26.6280'S 147°10.8180'E

UTM

55L 519793 8956077

MGRS

55LEK1979356077

GH

rq2dm0v3v

OLC

6R29H54J+C7

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