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An outline with outward hachures marking waste ground.
Also known as: Tip symbol mining, Waste heap symbol, Bing symbol
On a geological map a spoil heap is drawn as an outline with hachures pointing outward, marking waste material raised above the surrounding ground.
Marks a heap of waste material raised above the surrounding ground.
Contexts: Maps
Reverses the depression hachures: outward for a rise, inward for a hollow, so the direction alone tells a reader which way the ground goes.
Contexts: Maps
A closed outline with short hachures projecting outward from it, marking raised rather than excavated ground.