NW 100km National Grid Square

NW square spans the South Scotland region of Scotland.

The NW national grid square measures 100 km by 100 km and has an area of 10,000 kilometres squared.

The technical term for a 100 km map square is a Myriad.

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

A map of the NW 100km map square

Out of the hectads generated from square NW, 3 are land and 97 are sea. Sea squares are disregarded on this site as they contain no land features.

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CornerLatitudeLongitudeEastingNorthing
South West Corner54.307204-6.716835100000500000
South East Corner54.307204-5.079333200000500000
North West Corner55.253502-6.716835100000600000
North East Corner55.253502-5.079333200000600000

10 KM Squares within the NW 100 KM Square