Zone 3 Reference
- Zone number
- 3
- West bound
- 168° W
- East bound
- 162° W
- Width
- 6°
- 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:
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…
Landmarks in Zone 3
12 landmarks with longitude between 168°W and 162°W.
Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport
US · AK
68.8751, -166.1100
airport
Cape Newenham LRRS Airport
US · AK
58.6464, -162.0630
airport
Cape Romanzof LRRS Airport
US · AK
61.7803, -166.0390
airport
Cold Bay Airport
US · AK
55.2079, -162.7250
airport
Deering Airport
US · AK
66.0689, -162.7669
airport
Emmonak Airport
US · AK
62.7861, -164.4910
airport
Mekoryuk Airport
US · AK
60.3723, -166.2698
airport
Nome Airport
US · AK
64.5122, -165.4450
airport
Point Lay LRRS Airport
US · AK
69.7329, -163.0050
airport
Port Clarence Coast Guard Station
US · AK
65.2537, -166.8590
airport
Ralph Wien Memorial Airport
US · AK
66.8847, -162.5990
airport
Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor) Airport
US · AK
53.8988, -166.5450
airport