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Kuala Lumpur Coordinates

Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Elevation 36m

Quick answer: Kuala Lumpur is located at 3.139000, 101.686900 (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

3.139000, 101.686900
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

3°8'20.40"N 101°41'12.84"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

3°8.3400'N 101°41.2140'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

47N 798649 347341
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

47NQD9864947341
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

w283cgqnh
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6PM34MQP+HR

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-3.139000, 101.686900

Hemisphere: S, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

-3.139000, 101.686900
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

3°8'20.40"S 101°41'12.84"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

3°8.3400'S 101°41.2140'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

47M 798649 9652659
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

47MQS9864952659
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

qr2q1uw1u
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6P83VM6P+H2

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 47NQD9864947341 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 47 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 47 runs 96° to 102° longitude.
Latitude Band N One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square QD A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter Q (west–east) and row letter D (south–north).
Easting 98649 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 47341 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 Kuala Lumpur's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
w
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
w2
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
w28
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
w283
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
w283c
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
w283cg
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
w283cgq
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
w283cgqn
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
w283cgqnh
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Kuala Lumpur

Capital of Malaysia, home to the iconic Petronas Twin Towers, a gleaming modern metropolis.

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DD

3.139000, 101.686900

DMS

3°8'20.40"N 101°41'12.84"E

DDM

3°8.3400'N 101°41.2140'E

UTM

47N 798649 347341

MGRS

47NQD9864947341

GH

w283cgqnh

OLC

6PM34MQP+HR

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