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What are the little squiggly lines with perpendicular lines SE area or KRNC? (and the occasional dot)

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Snakes on a plane, uh, chart? :D

Mountain/hill ridges.
 
Mountains. Just flew up that way a couple weeks ago.

It’s just trying to depict how the mountains lay in that area.
 
Ryanb said:
Mountains. Just flew up that way a couple weeks ago.

It’s just trying to depict how the mountains lay in that area.
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Thanks. For some reason I can't seem to locate that anywhere.
So are the dots a high point or something?
I looked at the google satellite also..but it seemed more of a low area with the creeks around.
 
SkyDog58 said:
Cliffs or bluffs more so than mountains.
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That makes sense too, as the only reference I ever saw mentioned 'rapidly rising terrain'. But that was only after typing a search for squiggly lines with perpendicular lines lol...and no pictures of the lines.
 
Skyrys62 said:
That makes sense too, as the only reference I ever saw mentioned 'rapidly rising terrain'. But that was only after typing a search for squiggly lines with perpendicular lines lol...and no pictures of the lines.
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I'd have to dig up the chart users guide or whatever book it is in but it is in published guidance... somewhere.
 
Skyrys62 said:
That makes sense too, as the only reference I ever saw mentioned 'rapidly rising terrain'. But that was only after typing a search for squiggly lines with perpendicular lines lol...and no pictures of the lines.
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Yeah, bluffs would be a better descriptor word. Not so much a low lying area. Quite a bit of mountainous terrain in between RNC and Dunlap, but it’s all fairly low.
 
Escarpments.jpeg Aeronautical Chart Users Guide 12th Edition
 
That's it... I can see the perpendicular lines.

A new word for me...

Escarpment.
noun
1. Geology. a long, precipitous, clifflike ridge of land, rock, or the like,commonly formed by faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust. (that sounds cool, but scary too)
2. ground cut into an escarp around a fortification or defensive position.

Can't wait to use that one on somebody.
Hey, look at that escarpment!

Another new word...

Mscardment
noun
1. fortification or defensive position on POA.
2. A sense of humor not appreciated by some (sadly)

I'll probably use that on somebody too.
Oh, they got their ejection handle pulled. Must have been a mscardment!
 
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Skyrys62 said:
Another new word...

Mscardment
noun
1. fortification or defensive position on POA.
2. A sense of humor not appreciated by some (sadly)

I'll probably use that on somebody too.
Oh, they got their ejection handle pulled. Must have been a mscardment!
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I like it! :thumbsup:
 
Sorry, those are not mountains. Just areas of higher terrain with steep sides, escarpments, bluffs etc.
It may be visually significantly different from the nearby terrain to offer visual navigation cues.
 
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