The map shows Koweit [Kuwait] Harbour. The map includes brief descriptions of topography and vegetation. Soundings (depths) in feet are indicated by the numbers shown, and the map also includes depth contour lines. The map is labelled as being drawn from a survey by Captain A C Burgess, and it...
Sketch Map Showing Um Qasr and Surrounding Area, and Frontier Lines
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The sketch map shows Um Qasr, Safwan, Jabal Sanam [Safwan Hill] in Iraq, Warba [Warbah] Island, Bubiyan Island, and the Khor Abdullah [Khawr Abd Allah], Khor Shetana, Khor Bubiyan, Khor Zubair, and Khor As Subiya rivers. It also indicates the boundary between Iraq and Kuwait, according to the ...
The map shows the mouth of the Shatt-El-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] river on the Persian Gulf, the tip of the Fao [Al-Faw] Peninsula in Iraq (with the Turkish Fort indicated), Iranian territory on the opposite side of the Shatt-El-Arab, the hard Bank of Abadan, and the soft mud Bank of Abdalla. Sound...
Sketch Map Showing the Coastlines of the Koweit Neutral Zone, Koweit, Iraq, and Part of Iran, on the Persian Gulf
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The sketch map shows the coastlines of the Koweit [Kuwait] Neutral Zone, Koweit, Iraq, and part of Western Iran on the Persian Gulf. Khorramshahr (Mohammerah) and Abadan in Iran, Shaiba, Zubair, Umm Qasr [Um Qasr], Basra, and Fao in Iraq, and Koweit City in Koweit are indicated, as are frontier l...
Coll 17/30(1) ‘Iraq. Proposed additional outlet to the sea, in or near Koweit territory. Development of port at Um Qasr.’
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The file contains papers relating to the proposed construction of a port in Kuwait (Koweit) Bay, and the construction of a port in Um Qasr Creek. The papers mostly concern the following: The attitude of HM Government towards the proposal of the Government of Iraq for the extension of the Iraqi ...
