Korea 1:50,000. Chin'gangp'o, sheet 6129 II / prepared under the direction of the Chief of Engineers by the Army Map Service (CV), U.S. Army.

Cartographer
United States. Army Map Service [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
  • English
  • Korean
Εdition
Type F (AMS 1), 1947
Published/​Created
Washington, D.C. : Army Map Service, U.S. Army, 1948.
Description
  • Scale 1:50,000 Transverse Mercator projection ; (E 124°45ʹ--E 125°0ʹ/N 38°30ʹ--N 38°20ʹ).
  • 1 map : color.

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Notes
  • Alternate title: Chin'gangp'o (Shinkoho), Korea. Hwanghae-do (kokai-do).Relief shown by 20 m. contour interval with auxiliary 5 m. and 10 m. interval and spot heights. Depths shown by contours and soundings in meters. Transverse Mercator projection. Place names transcribed according to the McCune-Reischauer System. Alternate Japanese names shown in parentheses are transcribed according to the Modified Hepburn (Romanji) System. With a Korean-Japanese-English glossary. Compiled in 1947 from Korea 1:50,000, Japanese Imperial Land Survey. This series was published during the Korean War. The maps were used for planning and conducting local operations during this war.
  • Relief shown by contours and spot heights.
  • One thousand meter universal transverse Mercator grid.
  • Map shows: Kun, Pu (Gun, Fu), My̆on, Up (Men Yū) boundaries; density of construction in urban areas; roads; railroads; hydrographic features; areas of cultivation and some land forms are shown.
  • With a Korean - Japanese, and Japanese - English glossary.
  • Place names transcribed according to the McCune-Reischauer System. Alternate Japanese names shown in parentheses are transcribed according to the Modified Hepburn (Romanji) System. Copied in 1945 from Korea 1:50,000, Japanese Imperial Land Survey.
  • This series was published during the Korean War. The maps were used for planning and conducting local operations during this war.
  • Marginal diagrams: Index to adjoining sheets -- Index to boundaries.
  • "For use by War and Navy Department Agencies only."
Bibliographic references
Compiled in 1947 from Korea, 1:50,000, Japanese Imperial Land Survey, Chin'gangp'o, 1939; Japanese Hydrographic Charts No. 348A, 1931; U.S. Hydrographic Office Chart No. 3243, 1941. Planimetric detail partially revised from aerial photography by photo-planimetric methods. Aerial photography by U.S. Airforce, 1945.
Geographic coverage
Hwanghae-do (Kokai-do) in Korea. This series covers North and South Korea.
Language note
In English and Korean.
Other format(s)
Online version available via the Princeton University Libraries Digital Maps & Geospatial Data website.
Other title(s)
  • Hwanghae-do (Kokai-do)
  • Shinkōho
Alternate title
  • Chin'gangp'o (Shinkōho), Korea
Standard map series designation
  • A.M.S. L751
OCLC
1340444837
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