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NX79
Based in the South Scotland region of Scotland.
The NX79 10 square kilometre grid intersects with the settlement of Moniaive.
NX79
NX79 is within the post towns of Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire & Thornhill, Dumfriesshire.
The square is within Dumfries and Galloway council.
The NX79 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 NX79, 413 are land and -313 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 | 55.187137 | -4.047997 | 270000 | 590000 |
| South East Corner | 55.187137 | -3.886421 | 280000 | 590000 |
| North West Corner | 55.279475 | -4.047997 | 270000 | 600000 |
| North East Corner | 55.279475 | -3.886421 | 280000 | 600000 |