Navigation chart : [Australasia, the Malay Archipelago, and Japan] / prepared for 5th Air Force, U.S. Army, under the direction of the Chief Engineer, G.H.Q., S.W.P.A. ; compilation, R.A.A.F. (D.S.D.) Cartographic Section ; reproduction: R.A.A.F. (D.S.D) Cartographic Section, (L.H.Q.) Cartographic Company, Base Map Plant, U.S. Army, G.H.Q. Department of Civil Aviation, R.A.A.F. (D.S.D) Cartographic Section
- Bib ID:
- 6969111
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Allied Forces. South West Pacific Area, cartographer, issuing body
- Related Online Resources:
- Map Index at National Library of Australia
- Scale:
- Scale 1:2,315,000. At Equator. 31.72 nautical miles = 1 in. ; Mercator projection (E 82°00'--E 177°00'/N 48°30'--S 48°00').
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.?] : (L.H.Q.) Cartographic Company, Base Map Plant, U.S. Army, G.H.Q., 1943-1946
- maps : color, some sheets both sides ; 48 x 58 cm or smaller, sheets 55 x 77 cm or smaller
- Series:
-
- L.H.Q. (Series) ; 251.
- L.H.Q. (Series) ; 267.
- L.H.Q./Misc.
- Full contents:
-
- Andaman
- Bangkok
- Borneo
- Broome - Wyndham
- Calcutta
- Darwin - Millingimbi
- Eastern New Guinea
- Formosa
- Gobi Desert
- Guam Island
- Hainan Island - China
- Hankow
- Harbin
- Java
- Korea
- Kurile Islands
- Manchukuo
- Mandalay
- Nicobar
- Northern Marianas
- Northern Philippines
- North Japan
- North Queensland
- Palau Island
- Palembang
- Parece Vela
- Peiping
- Ponape Island
- Saigon
- Shanghai
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands North
- South Japan
- Southern Philippines
- Timor Island
- Truk Island
- Western New Guinea
- Yap Island.
- Notes:
-
- Aeronautical chart map series, showing altitudes, aerodromes, customs aerodromes, emergency landing ground, radio facilities, obstructions and topographical features. Relief shown by shading, hypsometric tints and spot heights.
- Covers Australia, New Zealand, Micronesia, Melanesia, Southeast Asia, Indochina, and East Asia.
- Each sheet is named and numbered individually.
- Some sheets have: reproduction: A.H.Q. Cartographic Coy Aust Svy Corps.
- Some sheets issued as L.H.Q. 251, L.H.Q. 267, or L.H.Q./Misc.
- Various statements of control on sheets: Control: Australian aeronautical series 1:1 million hydrographic charts; Asia International series 1:1 million; Netherland Topographical Survey maps 1:1 million; Australian Army Topo. Surveys; American Army Topo Surveys; Military Strategy maps; New Guinea & New Britain series (B.M.P. GHQ); Dutch Topographical Surveys 1:1 million Hydrographic Surveys; United States G and G Survey.
- Some sheets include index to 1:1,000,000 scale sheets.
- Includes legend, notes, and index to adjoining sheets.
- Some sheets issued in monochrome blue 'provisional edition'.
- Subject:
-
- Aeronautical charts -- Australasia
- Aeronautical charts -- Malay Archipelago
- Aeronautical charts -- East Asia
- Aeronautical charts -- Southeast Asia
- Aeronautical charts -- Japan
- Aeronautical charts
- Asia -- Malay Archipelago
- Australasia
- Japan
- Australasia -- Maps
- East Asia -- Maps
- Southeast Asia -- Maps
- Melanesia -- Maps
- Time Coverage:
- 1943-1946
- Other authors/contributors:
-
- United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 5th, cartographer, issuing body
- United States. Army Air Forces. G.H.Q, cartographer, issuing body
- Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Cartographic Section, compiler, issuing body
- Australia. Army. Royal Australian Survey Corps. Cartographic Company, cartographer, issuing body
- Australia. Army. A.H.Q. Cartographic Company
- United States. Army. Base Map Plant. Cartographic Company, cartographer, issuing body
- Copyright:
-
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 2016 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1946
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