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WOOS/35
- Record Id:
- 040-003391778
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100053411834.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOOS/35
- Title:
- 'British Somaliland & French Somali Coast Boundary Commission, 1933-34.' Created by 'Lt. Colonel Clifford, Capt. Godfrey-Faussett, Lt. Taylor.' - War Office ledger
- Scope & Content:
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Covers the British Somaliland - French Somaliland frontier, surveyed as part of the British Somaliland - Ethiopia Boundary Commission survey.
The material was used in the compilation of G.S.G.S. 4075 titled 'Frontier of British Somaliland and the French Somali Coast' produced in 2 sheets dated 1947 and filed at Maps 66430.(108.).
The War Office ledger lists the following additional items that were not present on transfer:
- General notes and lists of material
- List of co-ordinates and height of BP.169C-190 (noted as part of the Trig. Library)
- List of co-ordinates and heights of triangulation points (noted as part of the Trig. Library)
- List of co-ordinates and heights of points near trijunction point and BP. on coast (noted as part of the Trig. Library)
- Photos (2) marked to indicate different types of vegetation
- Tracing-cloth diagram showing photo-runs
- Boxes Nos 24-27 containing photos
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002897752
040-003391778 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOOS : War Office 'Original Surveys'
WOOS/35 : 'British Somaliland & French Somali Coast Boundary Commission, 1933-34.' Created by 'Lt. Colonel Clifford, Capt.… - Contains:
- WOOS/35/1 : French Boundary. Photograph Height Control.
WOOS/35/2 : Island Off La-Wa Ada
Click here to View / search full list of parts of WOOS/35 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0003]/036-002897752[0022]/040-003391778
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 map sheet and 7 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1934
- Date Range:
- 1933-34
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- Original Surveys. Somaliland Anglo-French Bdy
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- British Somaliland - Ethiopia Boundary Commission, 1931-1935
Clifford, Esmond Humphrey Miller, army officer, 1895-1970
Faussett, Bryan Trevor, army officer, 1896-1970
Taylor, Richard Harold Redvers, army officer and artist, 1900-1975 - Places:
- British Somaliland, Africa
French Somaliland, Africa - Related Material:
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A description of the Boundary Commission's work, including the survey methodology, is at:
- G.T. McCaw, 'Anglo-Ethiopian (Somaliland) Boundary Commission, 1932-35, Empire Survey Review, 4 (1937), 225-30 (p. 229)
E.H.M. Clifford, 'The British Somaliland - Ethiopia Boundary', The Geographical Journal, 87 (1936), 289-307 (p. 295)