Korea 1:50,000. Chasan, sheet 6132 I / 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
AMS 3, 1950
Published/​Created
Washington, D.C. : Army Map Service, U.S. Army, 1950.
Description
  • Scale 1:50,000 transverse Mercator projection ; (E 125°45ʹ--E 126°0ʹ/N 39°30ʹ--N 39°20ʹ).
  • 1 map : color.

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Notes
  • Alternate title: Chasan, Korea. Relief shown by 20 m. with auxiliary 5 and 10 m. contour interval, and spot heights. 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 20 meter contours and spot heights.
  • One thousand meter universal transverse Mercator grid.
  • Map shows: international, 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.
  • 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 National Defense Agencies only."
Geographic coverage
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.
Alternate title
  • Chasan, Korea
Standard map series designation
  • A.M.S. L751
OCLC
1340438776
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