EPSG:29220 · Falkland Islands
Sapper Hill 1943 / UTM zone 20S to KML & KMZ
Sapper Hill 1943 / UTM zone 20S (EPSG:29220) is a Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system on the Sapper Hill 1943 datum, with coordinates in metres. Its official area of use is: Falkland Islands (Malvinas) - onshore west of 60°W.
- Converter already set to EPSG:29220
- Latitude and longitude on WGS 84, as Google Earth uses
- Download the point as KML
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Good to know
- This is a southern-hemisphere grid: northings start at 10,000,000 m at the equator.
- Pick the UTM zone by longitude. Points outside the zone's area of use are flagged after conversion.
- Datum: Published 3-parameter shift (typically a few metres).
Convert a whole spreadsheet
- Open the web app or the Windows app, and paste your rows from Excel or open a CSV file.
- Under Coordinate system, search for “29220” and pick Sapper Hill 1943 / UTM zone 20S.
- Check one point you know on the map, then press Save KML or Save KMZ and open it in Google Earth.
Common mistakes with Sapper Hill 1943 / UTM zone 20S
- Feet entered as metres. Sapper Hill 1943 / UTM zone 20S is in metres. Coordinates copied from a drawing in feet must be converted first, or every point moves outwards from the grid's origin.
- Forgetting the datum. Sapper Hill 1943 / UTM zone 20S is not on WGS 84: published 3-parameter shift (typically a few metres). Picking a WGS 84 grid with the same projection instead leaves the points off by that amount.
- Points outside the grid's area. Sapper Hill 1943 / UTM zone 20S is meant for Falkland Islands (Malvinas) - onshore west of 60°W. Points well outside that area convert with growing error; the converter flags them so you can choose the right grid.
- A local site grid. If every point is off by the same distance and direction, the drawing may be on a local site grid. Calibrate on three or more known control points instead.
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