Earth Map Symbols
A brown triangle outline.
What is the map symbol for a special prominent landform feature?
A black dashed line.
What is the map symbol for a footpath? (Accept trail, vehicle, small footpath)
A white area.
What is the map symbol for forest? (Accept open forest)
What is the map symbol for an uncrossable body of water? (Accept lake or body of water)
✕
What is the control description sheet symbol for crossing? (Accept intersection)
A brown squiggly line tracing the landform.
What is the map symbol for contour?
A very thick black line with thin black ticks on one side (pointing downhill).
What is the map symbol for impassable cliff? (Accept cliff)
A green circle outline.
What is the map symbol for a prominent tree? (Accept prominent bush and large/small prominent tree)
A solid blue squiggly line.
What is the map symbol for a river?
▲
What is the control description sheet symbol for a boulder? (Do not accept boulder cluster)
A brown semicircle outline open upwards.
What is the map symbol for a small depression?
A black line with small perpendicular ticks occasionally.
What is the map symbol for a power line?
An area of vertical green stripes on another area.
What is the map symbol for walk vegetation with good visibility? (Accept undergrowth)
A horizontal blue striped area.
What is the map symbol for a marsh?
V
What is the control description sheet symbol for a pit?
A brown V
What is the map symbol for a pit?
A gray area.
What is the map symbol for bare rock?
A black dotted line around the edge of a vegetation area.
What is the map symbol for distinct vegetation boundary? (Accept vegetation boundary, vegetation edge, forest boundary, forest edge)
A blue semicircle outline with a linear water feature running out the open side.
What is the map symbol for a spring?
✳
What is the control description sheet symbol for an ant hill?
An area of very dense scattered brown dots.
What is the map symbol for very broken ground? (Accept broken ground.)
A crosshair (⌖) except the circle is filled in.
Alternatively, a filled circle and a plus sign overlapped so only the points of the plus sign protrude from the circle.
What is the map symbol for a high tower?
A dashed green line around the edge of a vegetation area.
What is the map symbol for distinct vegetation boundary? (Accept vegetation boundary, vegetation edge, forest boundary, forest edge)
A small blue square outline.
What is the map symbol for a well, fountain, or water tank?
> except dotted line instead of solid line.
What is the control description sheet symbol for a vegetation boundary?