7.5 Coastal Management on the Gold Coast

Refer to the topographic map and aerial photograph on pages 164 and 165 to answer the following questions.

7. Express the scale of the map as a statement: One centimetre on the map represents 25kilometres on the ground.

8. The contour interval on the map is 10 metres.

9. a) 175 m

    b) 300m

    c) 200m

    d) 275m

    e) 120m

    f) roughly 15 minutes

10. The lighthouse at Point Danger at 32m

11.  25:30... not too sure about that one...

12. 30m

13. a) a bridge

      b) roads/built up area

      c) Point Danger Lighthouse

      d) Border Park Raceway

      e) Caravan Park

      f) Jetties

14. a) Boyd Islands (mangroves)

      b) Terranora Inlet

      c) Kirra Beach

      d) Mount Murraba

      e) Inter Tidal Flat

      f) Tweed River Mouth

15. GR 521842

16. Very low, only building is the sand dredging station.

17. AR5282 because much of 5281 is taken up by water and sports fields wheres, despite there also being much open, natural space in 5282, there is less than that of 5281

18.a) N

     b) ENE

     c) SSE

     d) NE