Home / Landmarks / Maseru

Maseru Coordinates

Maseru District, Lesotho · Elevation 1,528m

Quick answer: Maseru is located at -29.315100, 27.486900 (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

-29.315100, 27.486900
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

29°18'54.36"S 27°29'12.84"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

29°18.9060'S 27°29.2140'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

35J 547280 6757005
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

35JNH4728057005
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

kdg91rr75
Plus Code

Open Location Code

5G29MFMP+XR

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

29.315100, 27.486900

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

29.315100, 27.486900
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

29°18'54.36"N 27°29'12.84"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

29°18.9060'N 27°29.2140'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

35R 547280 3242995
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

35RNN4728042995
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

st5wc2xkg
Plus Code

Open Location Code

7GX98F8P+52

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 35JNH4728057005 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 35 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 35 runs 24° to 30° longitude.
Latitude Band J One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square NH A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter N (west–east) and row letter H (south–north).
Easting 47280 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 57005 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 Maseru's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
k
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
kd
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
kdg
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
kdg9
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
kdg91
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
kdg91r
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
kdg91rr
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
kdg91rr7
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
kdg91rr75
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Maseru

Capital of Lesotho, a high-altitude city at 1,528 m on the banks of the Caledon River.

Live Converter

The coordinates above are fixed to this landmark. Use this converter to enter any other coordinates — such as a nearby trailhead, parking area, or a location you want to compare — and get all 7 formats instantly.

DD

-29.315100, 27.486900

DMS

29°18'54.36"S 27°29'12.84"E

DDM

29°18.9060'S 27°29.2140'E

UTM

35J 547280 6757005

MGRS

35JNH4728057005

GH

kdg91rr75

OLC

5G29MFMP+XR

Related Landmarks

Maseru

Lesotho

-29.3151, 27.4869

Gaborone

Botswana

-24.6282, 25.9231

Pretoria

South Africa

-25.7461, 28.1881

Mbabane

Eswatini

-26.3186, 31.1410

Gaborone

Botswana

-24.6282, 25.9231