| 11. | So TQ234678 has an easting of 523400.
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| 12. | What is an easting on a map?
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| 13. | The easting is always a 6 digit number while the northing has 6 or 7 digits.
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| 14. | A position 100 kilometres west of a central meridian would have an easting of 400, 000 metres.
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| 15. | Its UTM position is Northing : 3316294.564691 / Easting : 786084.67882987 / Zone 15R.
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| 16. | He ran down his easting in the Roaring Forties and Furious Fifties between the years 1923 to 1925.
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| 17. | During the Gulf War in 1991 he was a 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of 73 Easting.
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| 18. | This was known as " running down a westing " ( if westbound, easting otherwise ).
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| 19. | Thus in a 6 digit grid reference 123456, the Easting component is 123 and the Northing component is 456.
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| 20. | Captain Dan Miller, commanding I Troop, silenced the resistance with return fire then attacked to the 70 Easting.
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