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Study Map 7 and answer the questions which follow.
1. What is the direction of St. Brandon from Mauritius?
2. A plane leaves Plaisance airport for Réunion Island.
In which direction will the plane be ying?
3. Find out the approximate distance between Mauritius and Rodrigues.
5. Name the island which is located:
i) latitude 20.2o S and longitude 57.5oE ..........................................
ii) latitude 15.9o S and longitude 54.5oE ..........................................
iii) latitude 19.7o S and longitude 63.4oE .........................................
20oS
15oS
10oS
5S
40o E 45o E 50o E 55o E 60oE 65o
E 70oE
75E
25oS
30oS
35S
REUNION
MAURITIUS
RODRIGUES
ST. BRANDON
TROMELIN
DIEGO GARCIA
SEYCHELLES
MADAGASCAR
AGALEGA
2.3 working with maps: reading directions N
One important use of a map is to nd the direction of one
place from another.
We use the eight directions on a compass to do this.
Complete Figure 8 showing a compass
with the correct directions.
fig. 8
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map 7
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