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ECTION
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STABLISHING
RESEARCH
SITES
209
2763
1079
1021
1061
748A
475
Coral Sea
Australia
Figure 34.1 Large scale charts allow planning of voyages
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Figure 34.3 Small scale charts allow planning of sites
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Charts are used to establish research sites and come in different scales.
Large scale charts cover large areas of coastline and allow planning of
longer voyages as shown in Figure 34.1 whereas planning a research
site involves a small scale chart which show greater detail.
Research bay
Figure 34.2 shows a small chart entitled Research Bay, an adaptation
of the Cape Hillsborough Channel 1964 practice chart prepared by the
Hydrographer for the Navy.
To complete the rest of this section you need to print out theA3 version
of this chart, which can be found at the wet paper web site. As you will
have logged in to read this flipbook, you go to the resources section,
locate this book and download the file called Research Bay A3 chart:
Internet maps and research bay
You can locate the islands on Research Bay on the internet. Just type
in Brampton Island, Queensland and you should get something like
that shown in Figure 34.2. Now use the scales to locate the islands and
reefs in Figure 34.3.
In the centre is the compass rose which tells us when the chart was
made and the variation for the year. The latitude scale is at the side and
the longitude at the bottom.
For the purposes of exercises, Brampton Island is the research base
from which research expeditions are undertaken in Research I a 45
metre research vessel anchored in Maryport Bay.
Compass
Rose
Download your copy from
Latitude
True north
Longitude
Research Bay
Figure 34.2 Research Bay as seen on the internet
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Brampton I
Carlisle I
