if you are using a compass in the Rocky Mountains,your magnetic declanation will be?

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if you are using a compass in the Rocky Mountains,your magnetic declanation will be?

2007-05-11 21:48:41 · 2 answers · asked by Kerry B 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology

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It depends on where you are at in the Rocky's. Usually the information is found on a map you are using. If you know the zip code for the place you will be you can go here and get the declinaiton.

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/geomag/jsp/Declination.jsp

2007-05-12 03:57:02 · answer #1 · answered by Christopher B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

When I was mapping near there it was 17-18 degrees, but I was at the base of the mountains.

2007-05-12 07:38:51 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋