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NC56
Based in the Highlands and Islands region of Scotland.
The NC56 10 square kilometre grid intersects with the settlement of Melness.
NC56
NC56 is within the post town of Lairg, Sutherland.
The square is within Highland council.
The NC56 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 NC56, 356 are land and -256 are sea. Sea squares are disregarded on this site as they contain no land features.
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| Corner | Latitude | Longitude | Easting | Northing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South West Corner | 58.502258 | -4.582448 | 250000 | 960000 |
| South East Corner | 58.502258 | -4.404419 | 260000 | 960000 |
| North West Corner | 58.595317 | -4.582448 | 250000 | 970000 |
| North East Corner | 58.595317 | -4.404419 | 260000 | 970000 |
1 KM Squares within the NC56 10 KM Square
NC5060 NC5061 NC5062 NC5063 NC5064 NC5065 NC5066 NC5067 NC5068 NC5160 NC5161 NC5162 NC5163 NC5164 NC5165 NC5166 NC5167 NC5168 NC5260 NC5261 NC5262 NC5263 NC5264 NC5265 NC5266 NC5267
NC5268 NC5360 NC5361 NC5362 NC5363 NC5364 NC5365 NC5366 NC5367 NC5368 NC5460 NC5461 NC5462 NC5463 NC5464 NC5465 NC5466 NC5467 NC5468 NC5560 NC5561 NC5562 NC5563 NC5564 NC5565 NC5566