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| Types Of Compass For Hillwalking |
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| There are many types of compass available but only one that is really useful for hill walking. This is the protractor or orienteering compass, which combines the compass with a protractor so that angles relative to north can be measured. |
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| People who venture into remote mountain ranges, especially when snow-covered, often use them but for ordinary hill walking they are not as useful as simpler designs.
On an orienteering compass the housing dial contains the familiar points of the compass - north, south, east and west - plus the 360 degrees of a circle, usually marked every 2 degrees. Inside the housing is the needle, floating in oil to dampen its movement. The magnetic end, which points north, is usually colored red, the other end white. Some specialist compasses have the magnetic part of the needle, often in the form of a |
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Chenting |
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06/29/2009 |
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