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Land Navigation Identify Terrain Features & Determine Distance

2 Terminal Learning Objective Action: Identify terrain features and measure distance on a map Conditions: Given a standard 1:50,000 scale topographic map Standards: Correctly identify terrain features and measure distance on a military map

3 Major Terrain Features Hill Saddle Valley Ridge Depression

4 Hill

5 Saddle

6 Valley

7 Ridge

8 Depression

9 Minor Terrain Features Draw Spur Cliff

10 Draw Contour Lines form a U or a V pointing to high ground

11 Spur Contour Lines form a U or a V pointing to low ground

12 Cliff

13 Supplementary Terrain Features Cut Fill

14 Cut/Fill

15 PRIMARY SCALE EXTENDED SCALE Bar Scales

16 SP Straight Line Distance

17 SPSP 2300 METERS Straight Line Distance (con’t)

18 Straight Line Distance (con’t)

19 SP Curved Line Distance

20 SP Curved Line Distance

21 SP Curved Line Distance

22 SP Curved Line Distance

23 SP Curved Line Distance SP

24 SP Curved Line Distance SP

25 SP Curved Line Distance SP

26 SP Curved Line Distance SP

27 Curved Line Distance (con’t) SP 3400 METER S (b) (a)

28 SP (b) (a) Curved Line Distance (con’t) (c)

29 Curved Line Distance (con’t) SP (c) (b) (a) 6290 METER S

30 Terminal Learning Objective Action: Identify terrain features and measure distance on a map Conditions: Given a standard 1:50,000 scale topographic map Standards: Correctly identify terrain features and measure distance on a military map