Dominican Republic Adventure Map

Product Description

Dominican Republic at 1:450, 000 on a waterproof & tear-resistant map from the National Geographic Society, with on the reverse street plans & enlargements for most visited areas, all illustrated with numerous colour photos & descriptions. On one side is a map of the whole country at 1:450, 000. Topography is very effectively presented by contours at 100m intervals with additional altitude shading, spot heights & names of mountain ranges, plus graphics and/or colouring for forested areas, swamps, mangrove & coral reefs in the coastal waters. Road network

Includes:: selected tracks & paths, with distances shown on main routes. Crossing points to Haiti are indicated, & domestic airports or airstrips are marked. Also shown are internal administrative boundaries with names of the provinces. Symbols highlight various places of interest, including surfing, diving & deep sea fishing sights, shipwrecks, golf courses, caves, etc. The map also prominently shows the country’s numerous protected areas, with a separate index listing national parks, forest reserves, natural monuments, national recreation areas, scientific reserves, wildlife refuges & marine mammal sanctuaries. The map has a UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude margin ticks at intervals of 20’. Apart from the protected areas, only a short index of selected towns is provided. On the reverse is an overview plan of Santo Domingo, naming main streets & districts & indicating locations of main sights. A more detailed enlargement shows the Colonial Old City. Also provided are enlargements showing in greater detail the Samana Peninsula, Lake Enriquillo & environs, Del Este National Park & the Cordillera Central around Pico Duarte, the highest point in the Caribbean. Across both sides of the map are numerous colour photos & descriptions of sights, fauna & flora.