| You are planning a voyage by great circle from Reykjavik (LAT 63°30'N, LONG 24°00'W) to the Azores (LAT 39°30'N, LONG 29°00'W). Which statement is TRUE? (Use gnomonic tracking chart WOXZC 5274) |
| A) When plotted on a Mercator chart, the great circle track will be convex to the British Isles. |
| B) The Northern Hemisphere vertex lies south of Reykjavik. |
| C) The great circle track is not appreciably shorter than a rhumb line track. |
| D) The distance is measured in sixty-mile segments based on the length of a degree of latitude at the mid-latitude and mid-longitude position. |
