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Vatican City Coordinates

Vatican City, Vatican City · Elevation 75m

Quick answer: Vatican City is located at 41.902900, 12.453400 (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

41.902900, 12.453400
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

41°54'10.44"N 12°27'12.24"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

41°54.1740'N 12°27.2040'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

33T 288769 4642132
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

33TTG8876942132
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

sr2y7khq1
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8FHJWF33+3V

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-41.902900, 12.453400

Hemisphere: S, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

-41.902900, 12.453400
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

41°54'10.44"S 12°27'12.24"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

41°54.1740'S 12°27.2040'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

33G 288769 5357868
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

33GTP8876957868
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

k28ce7u3c
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4FCJ3FW3+V3

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 33TTG8876942132 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 33 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 33 runs 12° to 18° longitude.
Latitude Band T One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square TG A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter T (west–east) and row letter G (south–north).
Easting 88769 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 42132 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 Vatican City'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
sr
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
sr2
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
sr2y
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
sr2y7
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
sr2y7k
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
sr2y7kh
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
sr2y7khq
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
sr2y7khq1
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Vatican City

Capital of Vatican City, the world's smallest independent state, seat of the Catholic Church.

Live Converter

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DD

41.902900, 12.453400

DMS

41°54'10.44"N 12°27'12.24"E

DDM

41°54.1740'N 12°27.2040'E

UTM

33T 288769 4642132

MGRS

33TTG8876942132

GH

sr2y7khq1

OLC

8FHJWF33+3V

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