‘Rough sketch showing Iraq territorial waters boundary’ [‎149r] (1/2)

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‘Rough sketch showing Iraq territorial waters boundary’

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/531, f 149

The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1933. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Copy a sketch map of the mouth and bar of the Shatt al Arab, attached to a letter no. 298.

Map based on material submitted by Lieutenant Thomas, R.N, Navigation Officer of H.M.S. Shoreham, showing the approximate boundary of Iraq territorial waters towards to open sea (blue line), with channels and buoys indicated. Signed in the bottom right-hand corner ‘J.R.P. Dickson, P.A. Kuwait’ and dated ’16.12.33’.

Another copy of the map can be found at folio 148.

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1 map

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Scale

Scale approximately 1:125,000

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 30° 3' 48.56" N, 48° 25' 29.41" E
Top-right: 30° 3' 48.56" N, 48° 50' 32.8" E
Bottom-left: 29° 45' 30.61" N, 48° 25' 29.41" E
Bottom-right: 29° 45' 30.61" N, 48° 50' 32.8" E

Physical characteristics

Materials: Pen and ink with crayon on tracing paper

Dimensions: 202 x 329 mm

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English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/R/15/1/531, f 149
Title: ‘Rough sketch showing Iraq territorial waters boundary’
Pages: 149r:149v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence

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