Hydrographic/topographic map entitled "Naha Ko" (more completely: "Japan [/] Nansei Syoto [/] Okinawa Sima [/] Naha Ko [/] Surveys of the Hydrographic Department, M.S.A., Japan to 1980"). It was published by the Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic/Topographic Center of Washington D.C.; it is also a "Reproduction of Japanese Chart 243, Dec. 15, 1980, with modifications [�]" This is its 12th edition, dated March 5, 1983, and numbered 97468. Nansei Syoto (Nansei-Shoto), also called the Ryukyu Islands, is an archipelago made up of 55 islands located between the Philippine and East China Seas. Okinawa is one of the largest islands in this chain, and Naha is its capital (according to the glossary of equivalent Japanese and English words printed on this map, "Ko" means harbor or port) . Part of the island is displayed on this map, with the rest taken up by water. There is a depth conversion scale, a list entitled "Tides," and a logarithmic speed scale. Several areas are tinted blue. Okinawa was a significant battle site between Japanese and American forces during World War II. The battle took place between April 1-June 22, 1945.
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Hydrographic/topographic map entitled "Naha Ko" (more completely: "Japan [/] Nansei Syoto [/] Okinawa Sima [/] Naha Ko [/] Surveys of the Hydrographic Department, M.S.A., Japan to 1980"). It was published by the Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic/Topographic Center of Washington D.C.; it is also a "Reproduction of Japanese Chart 243, Dec. 15, 1980, with modifications [�]" This is its 12th edition, dated March 5, 1983, and numbered 97468. Nansei Syoto (Nansei-Shoto), also called the Ryukyu Islands, is an archipelago made up of 55 islands located between the Philippine and East China Seas. Okinawa is one of the largest islands in this chain, and Naha is its capital (according to the glossary of equivalent Japanese and English words printed on this map, "Ko" means harbor or port) . Part of the island is displayed on this map, with the rest taken up by water. There is a depth conversion scale, a list entitled "Tides," and a logarithmic speed scale. Several areas are tinted blue. Okinawa was a significant battle site between Japanese and American forces during World War II. The battle took place between April 1-June 22, 1945.
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