Sketch map showing areas reconnoitred during the Gilgit Flight in October 1935
IOR/L/PS/12/1993, f 117
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 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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The map illustrates the river valleys reconnoitred around Gilgit by a flight of Royal Air Force planes in October 1935. The areas reconnoitred are highlighted by orange dashes within a green box.
The scale is 16 miles to 1 inch.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- 1:1014000
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 36° 30' 47.16" N, 73° 4' 32.16" E
Top-right: 36° 30' 47.16" N, 74° 48' 1.44" E
Bottom-left: 35° 12' 28.8" N, 73° 4' 32.16" E
Bottom-right: 35° 12' 28.8" N, 74° 48' 1.44" E - It is part of
- Coll 5/39 ‘Flights of RAF aeroplanes to Gilgit; flights of foreign aircraft over Gilgit and Chitral’409 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/12/1993
- Physical characteristics
Materials: Manuscript; red ink and coloured crayon on tracing paper
Dimensions: 270 x 290mm
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Map
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- 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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/1993, f 117
- Date(s)
- Oct 1935 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1993, f 117
- Title
- Sketch map showing areas reconnoitred during the Gilgit Flight in October 1935
- Pages
- 117r:117v
- Author
- Royal Air Force
- Usage terms
- Public Domain