Tracing of Qatar Peninsula showing amended Coastline
IOR/L/PS/12/1956, f 7
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in May-Jun 1934. 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 consists of a tracing from Admiralty Chart No. 28376 of the Qatar Peninsula and neighbouring Bahrain. The map outlines the coast as shown on the original chart (in blue), and an amended coastline (in red) as shown by a Royal Air Force reconnaissance on 9 May 1934.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale not given
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 26° 20' 37.98" N, 50° 0' 0.55" E
Top-right: 26° 20' 37.98" N, 52° 0' 3.74" E
Bottom-left: 24° 0' 0.19" N, 50° 0' 0.55" E
Bottom-right: 24° 0' 0.19" N, 52° 0' 3.74" E - It is part of
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- Physical characteristics
Materials: 1 paper folio
Dimensions: 275mm x 223mm
- 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/12/1956, f 7
- Date(s)
- May-Jun 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
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Tracing of Qatar Peninsula showing amended Coastline, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/1956, f 7, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100040870685.0x000001> [accessed 13 June 2026]
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1956, f 7
- Title
- Tracing of Qatar Peninsula showing amended Coastline
- Pages
- 7r
- Author
- Admiralty
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/1956, f 7
- Title
- Tracing of Qatar Peninsula showing amended Coastline
- Pages
- 7v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence