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Fig. 15 OS map of Sligo used to calculate distance
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Using the map above, answer the following questions:. 1. Calculate the straight line distance in kilometres between the following places:
(a) The railway station at G 687 361 and the camp site at G631 401. (b) The railway station in Sligo and the youth hostel at G 685 365. (c) The parking place in Rosses Point village and the parking place at Yeats’ Grave.
2. Calculate the distance in kilometres: (a) Along the R291 from Rosses Point to the junction with the N4/N15 at G692 367. (b) Along the rail line from the railway station south to where it leaves the map.