ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP NAUTICAL CHART Vietnam Pointe De Ca Mau Cap Varella London

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ANTIQUE ORIGINAL MAPTERRITORY NAUTICAL CHART
[Thismap is not a reproduction or from a scan, and it's printed on a thick papermatting surface. My Map collection, passed down by my grandfather, has beenstored flat and folded]
Vietnam Pointe De Ca Mau Cap Varella, Gulf of Thailand, Paulo Condore, Mouths of the Mekong, Saigon, Culano Rong, St Jacques, Pte Kega, Nui Holinh, London Reefs, Bombay Castle, Rifleman Bank, Prince of Wales Bk, Tizard Bank and Reefs, North Danger
See Photos for condition.
Bombay Castle
, also known in
Vietnamese
:
Bãi Ba Kè
;
Mandarin
Chinese
:
蓬勃堡
;
pinyin
:
Péngbó Bǎo
;
[1]
Abad Santos Shoal (
Tagalog
:
Kulumpol ng Abad Santos
,
lit.
'Cluster of
Abad Santos
'), is a
shoal
with a
lighthouse
in the
Rifleman Bank
of the southern
Spratly Islands
. It is occupied by
Vietnam
,
[2]
but also claimed by
China (PRC)
and
Taiwan (ROC)
.
Bombay Castle, consits of a submreged
reef
located between
07°50′N 111°40′E
and
07°56′N 111°42′E
(between
7.833°N 111.667°E
and
7.933°N 111.700°E
) at the northern end of Rifleman Bank.
[3]
[4]
At its shallowest point, it has a depth of 3 metres (9.8 ft) consisting of sand and coral.
[5]
It is 80 miles (130 km) east of Huyền Trân (
Alexandra Bank
) and nearly 80 miles (130 km) west of An Bang (
Amboyna Cay
).
[6]
Bombay Castle has a 22.5 metres (74 ft) tall lighthouse on steel pilings that was built in 1995. The lighthouse is two storied, with accommodation for the lighthouse keepers and a dish antenna.
[7]
[8]
The reef is named after the
East Indiaman
Bombay Castle
.
[9]
Cà Mau
Peninsula
(
Vietnamese
:
Bán Đảo Cà Mau
) makes up the southern tip of
Vietnam
. It is in
Cà Mau Province
, and lies between the
Gulf of Thailand
to the west and the
South China Sea
to the east.
Cà Mau is a triangular stretch of land, with a maximum length of 130 miles and average height of seven feet above the sea level. Its formation is almost totally the result of the deposits of the
Mekong
River, which is also behind the Cape Bai formation at the tail end of the peninsula.
[1]
Cà Mau's climate can be said to be
tropical monsoonal
year round except for the two to three months in winter when it sees a relatively dry climate.
[1]
The
London Reefs
are located between
8°49′N
112°12′E
and
8°56′N
112°52′E
(
8.82°N 112.2°E
and
8.94°N 112.86°E
) in the
Spratly Islands
of the
South China Sea
.
Coordinates
:
8°50′N
112°30′E
The four major features within the area (Central London Reef,
Cuarteron Reef
, East London Reef, and West London Reef), are known by many names