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NX87
Based in the South Scotland region of Scotland.
The NX87 10 square kilometre grid intersects with the settlements of Lochfoot,Milton,Ninemile Bar,Shawhead & Springholm.
NX87
NX87 is within the post towns of Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire & Dumfries, Dumfriesshire.
The square is within Dumfries and Galloway council.
The NX87 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 NX87, 427 are land and -327 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 | 55.010046 | -3.882188 | 280000 | 570000 |
| South East Corner | 55.010046 | -3.721691 | 290000 | 570000 |
| North West Corner | 55.102177 | -3.882188 | 280000 | 580000 |
| North East Corner | 55.102177 | -3.721691 | 290000 | 580000 |