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'QATAR PENINSULAR RECONNAISSANCE. 11.10.35.' [21r] (1/2)
The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 11 Oct 1935. 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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Tracing of parts of Admiralty chart 2837.B. showing tracks and positions in the course of an aerial reconnaissance of the Qatar Peninsula on 11 October 1935 by Squadron Leader J H Dand, Air Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq, Hinaidi. There is a report on the reconnaissance at IOR/R/15/2/159, folios 18-20.
Inscribed: 'Secret'.
Lists: Qasr al Salwa; Conical Hill; Sakak; Ambak; Point A; Point B; Point C; and Western Point of Lake al Amra, with latitude and longitude included for each.
Attached to the map is a note on the line of the reconnaissance by Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch.
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- 1 map
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- Scale
- 1:14.18
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 26° 21' 37.44" N, 49° 53' 45.24" E
Top-right: 26° 21' 37.44" N, 53° 51' 5.4" E
Bottom-left: 21° 38' 27.96" N, 49° 53' 45.24" E
Bottom-right: 21° 38' 27.96" N, 53° 51' 5.4" E - Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 480 x 390 mm.
Foliation: the folio number, 21, is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of the folio. A previous foliation number has been crossed out.
Condition: a portion of the lower right centre of the map is missing.
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- IOR/R/15/2/159, f 21
- Title
- 'QATAR PENINSULAR RECONNAISSANCE. 11.10.35.'
- Pages
- 21r:21v
- Author
- Admiralty
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- Public Domain