Map of Kuwait Bay
IOR/L/PS/12/3924, f 175
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1946. 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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Part of a chart showing the extent of the territorial waters of Kuwait Bay.
The map gives the area of Kuwait Bay as 215 square miles calculated on a line X-Y indicated on the map by a blue dotted line.
A letter from the Admiralty dated 26 September 1946 to the 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. (folio 174) relates to this map.
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- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 29° 43' 17.4" N, 47° 31' 6.96" E
Top-right: 29° 43' 17.4" N, 48° 44' 46.68" E
Bottom-left: 29° 8' 7.44" N, 47° 31' 6.96" E
Bottom-right: 29° 8' 7.44" N, 48° 44' 46.68" E - It is part of
- 737 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/12/3924
- Physical characteristics
Materials: printed on paper.
Dimensions: 300 x 690mm.
- 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
- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3924, f 175
- Date(s)
- 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3924, f 175
- Title
- Map of Kuwait Bay
- Pages
- 175r:175v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence