MAP
Hydrographic Chart
HC000051
1. Indian Ocean. Christmas Island, And 2. Christmas Island. Flying Fish Cove
1937
Chart covers Christmas Island, Indian Ocean at 1:50,0000 scale (from a sketch survey by the Christmas Island Phosphate Company Limited in 1908), with a plan of Flying Fish Cove at 1:5075 scale (from plans supplied by the Christmas Island Phosphate Company Limited,1904 to 1931).
The Christmas Island chart shows place names, hills, relief lines, Northern Plateau, Southern Plateau, Flying Fish Cove, reefs, cliffs, Rhoda, Margaret, Lily, Gladys, Greta, Dolly, Dorothy and West Whale Beaches, dales, streams, fresh water stream, springs, waterfall, pumping station, tanks, reservoir, cave, buildings, piers, railway to South Point, incline cable railway, roads, footpaths, quarry, plantation, rubber plantations, Fairweather Camp, Waterfall Road, Murray Hill Road, Rose Hill Road, McClear Road, South Point Road, Ridley Road, Hugh's Dale Road, and others.
The plan of Flying Fish Cove shows soundings (depths) in fathoms and feet, buildings, piers, railways, railway to South Point, incline cable railway, roads, gravity chute, water tanks, sheds, store, workshop, hospital, district officer's quarters, European quarters, Malay quarters, coolie lines, government reserve, bungalow, cliffs, reefs, jungle, cleared jungle and others.
The Christmas Island chart shows place names, hills, relief lines, Northern Plateau, Southern Plateau, Flying Fish Cove, reefs, cliffs, Rhoda, Margaret, Lily, Gladys, Greta, Dolly, Dorothy and West Whale Beaches, dales, streams, fresh water stream, springs, waterfall, pumping station, tanks, reservoir, cave, buildings, piers, railway to South Point, incline cable railway, roads, footpaths, quarry, plantation, rubber plantations, Fairweather Camp, Waterfall Road, Murray Hill Road, Rose Hill Road, McClear Road, South Point Road, Ridley Road, Hugh's Dale Road, and others.
The plan of Flying Fish Cove shows soundings (depths) in fathoms and feet, buildings, piers, railways, railway to South Point, incline cable railway, roads, gravity chute, water tanks, sheds, store, workshop, hospital, district officer's quarters, European quarters, Malay quarters, coolie lines, government reserve, bungalow, cliffs, reefs, jungle, cleared jungle and others.
20050000691 - 0044
354.43
English
Admiralty, London, United Kingdom
Published by Captain J. A. Edgell, O.B.E., R.N., Hydrographer, Admiralty
Crown Copyright Reserved
Published by Captain J. A. Edgell, O.B.E., R.N., Hydrographer, Admiralty
Crown Copyright Reserved
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Old accession number: 327
Credit line: Singapore Land Authority collection, courtesy of National Archives of Singapore
Credit line: Singapore Land Authority collection, courtesy of National Archives of Singapore
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