‘COPY FROM A TRACING OF A PORTION OF THE CHART OF THE SHATT EL ARAB – MAGHIL TO BASRA, SUPPLIED BY LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CAMPBELL OF THE R.I.M.S. “COMET”.’ [8r] (1/2)
The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in Dec 1912. 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 from a tracing of a portion of the chart of the Shatt el Arab-
Maghil to Basra, supplied by Lieutenant-Commander Campbell of the R.I.
M .S. "Comet," on whfch i have marked the Bagdad Railway Material Depot
in red ink.
O/, .
River
Bnck KUns
^Sscfnir Island
Shi 'albiyeh Creek
Chi bani Reach
4745'
Chibmi Creek
M AG HIL Mag hi! Creek_
Lynch Works
Dockyard Creek
Sayyaftyeh Creek ( ——■
German Depot
Rubat Creek
Hhendele Creek
Ashari i
BASRA
/l/k-Jbarah Creek
'Gher-diiah
us torns
ek \
Turkish
^Hospital
British Consulate
Lat.30°3l'3O" N.
Long. A -7 °5 \'OS u
47 50'
S. D. 0. No. C05. Dec. 1912.
Scale of Latitude and Nautical miles
6 MUes
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Title continues: ‘ON WHICH I HAVE MARKED THE BAGDAD RAILWAY MATERIAL DEPÔT IN RED INK’. Rough plan showing Basra and environs with the location of German Depot and Customs indicated. British Consulate’s coordinates reported.
In the bottom left-hand corner printed: ‘S.D.O. No. 605. Dec. 1912’.
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- Scale approximately 1:70,000
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- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 30° 34' 53.9" N, 47° 44' 56.04" E
Top-right: 30° 34' 53.9" N, 47° 48' 27.08" E
Bottom-left: 30° 32' 22.65" N, 47° 44' 56.04" E
Bottom-right: 30° 32' 22.65" N, 47° 48' 27.08" E - Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 345 x 210 mm
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- ‘COPY FROM A TRACING OF A PORTION OF THE CHART OF THE SHATT EL ARAB – MAGHIL TO BASRA, SUPPLIED BY LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CAMPBELL OF THE R.I.M.S. “COMET”.’
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