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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 20.2oS and longitude 57.5oE ..........................................
ii) latitude 15.9oS and longitude 54.5oE ..........................................
iii) latitude 19.7oS and longitude 63.4oE .........................................
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15oS
10oS
40oE 45oE 50oE 55oE 60oE 65o
25oS
REUNION
MAURITIUS
RODRIGUES
ST. BRANDON
TROMELIN
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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