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AFGHANISTAN—APPENDIX NO. V.
A Table of the Latitude and Longitude of the Boundary Pillars erected by the Joint
Commission for the delimitation of the Russo-Afghan Frontier on the Pamirs
in the year 1895, from Astronomical Observations by Lieutenant-Colonel Za-
liessky.
Number of
boundary
pillars.
Latitude.
Longitude.
Description of the pillars and of the places where
they are placed.
Pillar No. 7
37° 22' 33'
(Topographi
tion).
44° 15' 7'
cal Observa-
The pillar is erected on the right bank of the river.
Aksu, opposite the moutB of the stream Gunji-
Bai at a distance of 20 feet from the bank of
the river named, and is built of cobble stones
in the shape of a pyramid, 9 feet high.
Pillar No. 8
37° 24' 45'
(Astronomic
tion).
44° 22' 0'
al Observa-
The pillar is erected on the left bank of the river
Aksu, opposite the mouth of the eastern branch
of the river Mihman-Yuli, 70 feet from the bank
of the river, and is built of cobble stones in the
shape of a pyramid, 9 feet high.
♦Pillar No. 9
37° 22' 41'
(Topographi
44° 23' 10'
cally fixed).
The pillar is erected on the elevated side of the
valley of the river Mihmanguli, 3 versts (2 Eng
lish miles) from the confluence of its right branch
with the river Aksu. and is built of cobble stones
in the shape of a pyramid, 8 feet high.
♦Pillar No. 10
37° 21' 15'
(Topographi
44° 27' 5'
cally fixed).
The pillar is erected at the extremity of a spur
of the Mustagh Range, which juts out from
Peak Montagu Gerard and divides the waters
of the river Tegermen from the waters of the
stream Kashkasu, and is built of cobble stones
in the shape of a pyramid, 8 feet high.
♦Pillar No. 11
37° 20' 15'
(Topographi
44° 25' 50'
cally fixed).
The pillar is erected on the bank of the Teger-
men Su 10 versts (6-3 English miles) above the
point where the stream Bakhmir flows into it,
and is built of cobble stones in the shape of a
pyramid, 9 feet high.
♦Pillar No. 12
37° 20' 5'
(Topographi
44° 24' 50'
oally fixed).
The pillar is erected on an elevation of the left,
bank of a nameless stream, which flows into
the river Tegermen-Su near Pillar No. 11, a
verst and a half (1 English mile) from its mouth,
and is built of cobble stones in the shape of a
pyramid, 8 feet high.
* From sketches of the Russian Topographists.
Povalo-Schveikovsky, Major-Genl.,
Imperial Commissioner,