NS square spans the Central Scotland region of Scotland,Glasgow region of Scotland,Highlands and Islands region of Scotland,Lothian region of Scotland,Mid Scotland and Fife region of Scotland,South Scotland region of Scotland & West Scotland region of Scotland.
The NS 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.
Out of the hectads generated from square NS, 97 are land and 3 are sea. Sea squares are disregarded on this site as they contain no land features.
Corner | Latitude | Longitude | Easting | Northing |
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South West Corner | 55.253502 | -5.221425 | 200000 | 600000 |
South East Corner | 55.253502 | -3.575970 | 300000 | 600000 |
North West Corner | 56.182093 | -5.221425 | 200000 | 700000 |
North East Corner | 56.182093 | -3.575970 | 300000 | 700000 |