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Wellington Coordinates

Wellington Region, New Zealand · Elevation 13m

Quick answer: Wellington is located at -41.286600, 174.775600 (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

-41.286600, 174.775600
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

41°17'11.76"S 174°46'32.16"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

41°17.1960'S 174°46.5360'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

60G 313731 5427040
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

60GUV1373127040
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

rbsm1h58n
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4VCPPQ7G+6Q

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

41.286600, 174.775600

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

41.286600, 174.775600
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

41°17'11.76"N 174°46'32.16"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

41°17.1960'N 174°46.5360'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

60T 313731 4572960
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

60TUL1373172960
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

xzk6c5gxy
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8VHP7QPG+J9

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 60GUV1373127040 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 60 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 60 runs 174° to 180° longitude.
Latitude Band G One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square UV A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter U (west–east) and row letter V (south–north).
Easting 13731 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 27040 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 Wellington'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
rb
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
rbs
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
rbsm
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
rbsm1
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
rbsm1h
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
rbsm1h5
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
rbsm1h58
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
rbsm1h58n
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Wellington

Capital of New Zealand, a windy, hilly city on the southern tip of the North Island.

Live Converter

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DD

-41.286600, 174.775600

DMS

41°17'11.76"S 174°46'32.16"E

DDM

41°17.1960'S 174°46.5360'E

UTM

60G 313731 5427040

MGRS

60GUV1373127040

GH

rbsm1h58n

OLC

4VCPPQ7G+6Q

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