Mapping and navigation
Across
- 3. The distance you are from the Greenwich line using Cartesian grids
- 8. The grid squares on a map
- 9. A minor feature, generally in the form of a ridge, running out from a hill or mountain
- 11. The presence of iron ores or minerals can affect the compass and this is called _____ ________ ________ (3 words)
- 14. Finding your way using a map
- 16. The distance between contours (2 words)
- 17. A 'net layover' that separates areas into sections
- 20. The highest part of a hill or range.
- 21. The specific grid you are in or need to refer to (2 words)
- 22. The steep hillsadie formed by a sudden drop in the general ground level, usually from a plateau
- 24. The area of ground that is in your line of sight and you can actually see
- 28. A plan of the ground
- 29. The direction from any point of the Earth to the geographical north pole (2 words)
- 31. A map that contains information of landscapes and heights (2 words)
- 33. Determining the location of something based on measurements from three separate locations
- 35. A deep ravine usually with steep sides
- 36. The distance you are from the equator using Cartesian grids
- 37. The distance from the nearest easterly grid line on the UTM grid (reference from where you are on a map)
- 38. A device for accurately measuring the position of a point within a grid square (2 words)
- 40. A tableland.
- 41. Height divided by ground distance = _________
Down
- 1. A depression between adjacent hills or mountain tops
- 2. The direction to a point that has been calculated using a compass (2 words)
- 4. The difference between grid north and true north (2 words)
- 5. Direction a compass points when pointing north (2 words)
- 6. A block of information that gives you details of the map so you can locate it within a larger map (3 words)
- 7. The direction to a point that has been caluculated using the grids on a map (2 words)
- 10. An area of reasonably level ground surrounded, or nearly surrounded, by hills; or an area drained by a river and its tributaries
- 12. The angle between the magnetic north and the true north at any place (2 words)
- 13. A long, deep and narrow valley worn down by a stream
- 15. Direction that the gird of a map indicates is north (2 words)
- 18. A map that is used at sea or from the air (2 words)
- 19. A valley of ravine, usually between two spurs, running inwards towards the hill or mountain top
- 23. Abbreviation for the Universal Transverse Mercator grid reference system
- 25. A map that contains information of specific features, for example geological, agricultural and so on (two words)
- 26. The accurate directions from one point to another
- 27. A map with information on land ownership and boundaries (2 words)
- 30. Orient yourself or a map according to specific features on the ground
- 32. A small knob-like hill
- 34. The distance you are from the south pole (or equator) when you use the UTM grid system
- 39. The line along a hill or range of hills from which water flows in opposite directions