‘Rough sketch showing Iraq territorial waters boundary’

IOR/R/15/1/531, f 148

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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 of 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 149.

Extent and format
1 map
Area map covers
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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
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Physical characteristics

Materials: Pen and ink with crayon on tracing paper

Dimensions: 205 x 324 mm

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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Unrestricted

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IOR/R/15/1/531, f 148

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1933 (CE, Gregorian)

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