Southern Japan 1:250,000 / prepared under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, by the Army Map Service (SX), U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. 1943
- Bib ID:
- 7249361
- 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 122°--E 132°/N 31°--N 24°).
- Description:
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- Washington, D.C. : War Office, 1943-
- 17 maps : colour ; 45 x 44 cm or smaller, on sheet 56 x 47 cm or smaller.
- Series:
- GSGS (Series) ; no. 4587.
- Partial contents:
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- Sheet 1. Kusagaki-Jima
- Sheet 2. Yaku-Jima
- Sheet 3. Anjō
- Sheet 4. Tokara-Guntō
- Sheet 5. Amami-Ō-Shima
- Sheet 6. Iheya-Shima
- Sheet 7. Tokuno-Shima
- Sheet 8. Kume-Jima
- Sheet 9. Naha
- Sheet 10. Kunigami
- Sheet 11. Minami-Ōagari-Shima
- Sheet 12. Okino-Daitō-Shima
- Sheet 13. Senkaku-Gunto
- Sheet 14. Yonaguni-Shima
- Sheet 15. Iriomote-Jima
- Sheet 16. Ishigaki-Shima
- Sheet 17. Miyako-Jima.
- Notes:
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- Map series of southern Japan showing cities, towns, villages, settlements, national highways, prefectural roads, tracks or trails, boundaries, principal navigation lights, railroads, rice fields, light houses, radio broadcasting stations, other radio stations, topographic control points, fields, and anchorages. Relief shown by contours, form lines, soundings, hachures, and spot heights.
- "Heights in meters"
- "Form lines shown at approximately 100 meter interval"
- Includes various issues of sheets covering Ryukyu Islands, the islands lying between Kyūshū and Formosa.
- Four classes of roads, two types of internal boundaries, and five classes of railroads are shown.
- Military grid.
- Issued in 1° quadrangles.
- "A.M.S. L591."
- "All place names transcribed according to the modified Hepburn (Romaji) system."
- Some sheets reproduced by W.O.
- Co-ordinated for use with the following sets covering adjoining areas: Central Japan 1:250,000 (A.M.S. L571) and Formosa (Taiwan) 1:250,000 (A.M.S. L593).
- 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.
- Includes text, conversion graph, index to boundaries, index to adjoining sheets, magnetic declination diagram, text, index to prefecture boundaries, and coverage diagram.
- Place names are in English and Japanese.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1943
- Other authors/contributors:
- Great Britain. War Office
- Also Titled:
- Standard map series designation: A.M.S. L591
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 9999
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