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HY42

Based in the Highlands and Islands region of Scotland.

The HY42 10 square kilometre grid intersects with the settlement of Brinian.

HY42

HY42 is within the post town of Orkney.

The square is within Orkney Islands council.

The HY42 national grid square measures 10 km by 10 km and has an area of 1,000 kilometres squared.

The technical term for a 10 km map square is a Hectad.

When this 10 km square is divided into a grid 10 by 10 it gives the next size of grid square. This unit is called a Monad and measures 1km square. 100 monads fit in a 10km square.

Out of the monads generated from square HY42, 163 are land and -63 are sea. Sea squares are disregarded on this site as they contain no land features.

North West HY33
North HY43
North East HY53
West HY32
East HY52
South West HY31
South HY41
South East HY51
HY4029HY4129HY4229HY4329HY4429SeaHY4629HY4729SeaSea
HY4028HY4128HY4228HY4328HY4428HY4528HY4628HY4728SeaSea
HY4027HY4127HY4227HY4327HY4427HY4527HY4627HY4727SeaSea
HY4026SeaSeaHY4326HY4426HY4526SeaHY4726SeaSea
HY4025SeaHY4225HY4325HY4425HY4525SeaSeaSeaSea
HY4024SeaSeaSeaSeaSeaSeaSeaSeaSea
HY4023SeaSeaSeaHY4423HY4523SeaSeaSeaSea
HY4022HY4122HY4222HY4322HY4422HY4522SeaSeaSeaSea
HY4021HY4121HY4221HY4321HY4421HY4521SeaSeaHY4821Sea
HY4020HY4120HY4220HY4320HY4420HY4520SeaHY4720HY4820Sea
CornerLatitudeLongitudeEastingNorthing
South West Corner59.062720-3.0507373400001020000
South East Corner59.062720-2.8736423500001020000
North West Corner59.153805-3.0507373400001030000
North East Corner59.153805-2.8736423500001030000

1 KM Squares within the HY42 10 KM Square