Reading a Map Grid

Antarctica Map

Grid Map of
Antarctica

Grid maps help identify the location of things using numbers and letters

1) What is the grid location of Vinson Massif, the highest peak in Antarctica?

2) Which island is located in grid squares C1 and C2?

3) Which sea is located at F3? Which station is next to this sea?

4) In which grid squares is the Amery Ice Shelf located?

5) The Transantarctic
Mountains are located in how many grid squares?

6) West Antarctica is
bordered by which seas?

7) Which two ice shelves are the largest in Antarctica?

8) Geographers have
renamed the ocean that borders Antarctica the Southern Ocean. Which oceans make up the Southern Ocean?

9) Mountains separate East and West Antarctica. Which region is larger? How does the map grid help in knowing the size of the land area?

10) The explorer Shackleton and his crew were stranded on Elephant Island. Elephant Island is located in which sea and in which grid square?

Multiple Choice

What is the location of Twizzlers?

• A3

• B1

• D1

• B5

Multiple Choice

What is the location of Tootsie Rolls?

• A3

• B1

• D1

• B5

Multiple Choice

What is the location of Snickers?

• A3

• B1

• D4

• B5

Multiple Choice

What is the location of Ice Cream?

• A3

• B1

• D1

• B5

Multiple Choice

What is the location of Doritos?

• A3

• B1

• D4

• B5