Calais town plan & sea coast chart. D-Day planning map. ADMIRALTY 1943 old

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Calais. Calais light. Lat. 50° 57' 44" N. Long. 1° 51' 15" E. Magnetic var. 90° 05' W. (1943) decreasing about 10' annually. Soundings in feet (reduced approximately to the level of lowest possible low water) Mean High Water Springs 22½ feet. Mean High Water Neaps 19 feet. Natural scale 1/20,000. Artist/engraver/cartographer: The British Admiralty. Provenance: "English Channel Handbook": 1st Edition; Published by The Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty. Type: Vintage colour sea chart.

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Size: 2691px × 1757px
Location: Pas-de-Calais
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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