Northern Japan 1:250,000 / prepared under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, by the Army Map Service (LU), U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. 1943
- Bib ID:
- 7164990
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- United States. Army Map Service, cartographer
- Related Online Resources:
- Map Index at National Library of Australia
- Edition:
- Various editions.
- Scale:
- Scale 1:250,000 ; Polyconic projection (E 139°00ʹ--E 157°00ʹ/N 51°00ʹ--N 41°00ʹ).
- Description:
-
- Washington, D.C. : War Office, 1943-
- 48 maps : colour ; 49 x 48 cm or smaller, on sheet 58 x 41 or smaller.
- Series:
- GSGS (Series) ; no. 4585.
- Notes:
-
- Map series of northern Japan showing cities, towns, villages, settlements, four classes of roads, tracks or trails, boundaries, principal navigation lights, five classes of railroads, three types of internal boundaries, rice fields, light houses, radio stations, aeronautical information. Relief shown by contours, spot heights, and form lines.
- Includes various issues of sheets covering Hokkaidō, Karafuto and the Kuril Islands.
- "Contour interval 100 meters."
- "All place names transcribed according to the modified Hepburn (Romaji) system."
- "A.M.S. L561"
- Military grid.
- Reproduced by W.O., overprints, and aeronautical information on verso of some sheets.
- Co-ordinated for use with the following set covering adjoining area: Central Japan 1:250,000 (A.M.S. L571).
- Includes magnetic declination diagram, index to adjoining sheets, conversion graph, glossary, and index to boundaries.
- Index to place names on these maps issued by Army Map Service under title: Gazetteer to maps of Japan.
- Each sheet has individual title and number.
- Place names are in English and Japanese.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Great Britain. War Office
- Also Titled:
- Standard map series designation: A.M.S. L561
- Copyright:
-
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- Artistic
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 9999
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