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