Pilot Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean. G9111 .C8 1940 .U5
Abstract/Contents
- Table of contents
- [Inset 1] : [Atlantic Ocean, showing annual changes in magnetic variation] -- [Inset 2] : [Atlantic Ocean, showing frequency of gales] -- [Verso chart] : Current Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean -- July : Covering the track of low-powered steamers between the straits of Florida and the English channel.
Description
Alternative title | Current Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean - July : Covering the track of low-powered steamers between the straits of Florida and the English channel |
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Type of resource | cartographic |
Form | unmediated; sheet |
Extent | 2 charts on 1 sheet : both sides, color ; sheet 66 x 97 cm |
Place | District of Columbia |
Place | Washington D.C. |
Publisher | U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office |
Publication date | 1945; 1940 |
Issuance | monographic |
Edition | July 1940 ; Printed June 17, 1940. |
Language | English |
Map data | Scale [approximately 1:15,000,000] ; W 102°00ʹ00ʺ--E 10°00ʹ00ʺ/N 60°00ʹ00ʺ--S 5°00ʹ00ʺ). |
Creators/Contributors
Associated with | United States, Hydrographic Office. |
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Subjects
Subject | Winds > North Atlantic Ocean > Maps |
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Subject | Ocean currents > North Atlantic Ocean > Maps |
Subject | Nautical charts > North Atlantic Ocean |
Subject | Nautical charts |
Subject | Ocean currents |
Subject | Winds |
Subject | North Atlantic Ocean |
Genre | Map |
Genre | Cartographic image-cri |
Genre | Maps |
Bibliographic information
Statement of responsibility | Prepared from data furnished by the Hydrographic Office of the Navy Department and by the Weather Bureau of the Department of Agriculture. |
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Note | Shows wind roses and current directions. |
Note | Combat areas outlined in red. |
Note | Includes 2 insets; current chart on verso. |
Note | Charts, tables, and legends: Explanation of Symbols; U.S. storm warnings [explaining flags]; key to the July storm tracks of the north Atlantic Ocean; Equator crossings for sailing passages in the Pacific Ocean ; Storm signals; maximum drif. |
Note | Text under headings: Ocean weather observation stations; The Hydrographic Office and the Merchant Marine; Naval Radio direction-finder station, Sandy Hook N.J.; average conditinos of wind and weather over the North Atlantic Ocean during July; North Atlantic lane routes - Canada/United States ; Note to observers ; [H.O.] Office publications obtainable at the Panama Canal; Errors of U.S. Naval observatory time signals; Ocean currents; Currents of the Atlantic Ocean; the Gulf Stream ; Plan of current chart. |
Note | "This chart should not be used for navigational purposes." |
Note | No. 1400. |
Date/Sequential designation | 0001 |
Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/xh400bs8990 |
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