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NC86
Based in the Highlands and Islands region of Scotland.
The NC86 10 square kilometre grid intersects with the settlements of Melvich,Portskerra & Strathy.
NC86
NC86 is within the post towns of Forsinard, Sutherland & Thurso, Caithness.
The square is within Highland council.
The NC86 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 NC86, 271 are land and -171 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 | 58.511555 | -4.066734 | 280000 | 960000 |
| South East Corner | 58.511555 | -3.889922 | 290000 | 960000 |
| North West Corner | 58.603957 | -4.066734 | 280000 | 970000 |
| North East Corner | 58.603957 | -3.889922 | 290000 | 970000 |