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UTM Zone 3

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Longitude 168°W to 162°W · Central meridian 165°W

Zone 3 Reference

Zone number
3
West bound
168° W
East bound
162° W
Width
Central meridian
165° W
False easting
500,000 m
False northing (S)
10,000,000 m
Scale factor
0.9996

Latitude Bands in Zone 3

A full UTM grid zone reference combines the zone number with one of these band letters:

3C 3D 3E 3F 3G 3H 3J 3K 3L 3M 3N 3P 3Q 3R 3S 3T 3U 3V 3W 3X

Example MGRS Prefix

An MGRS coordinate in this zone starts with 3[band][col][row]… — e.g. a coordinate in band T would begin 3T…