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Map Geognosticheskai︠a︡ karta mestnosteĭ Irkutskogo, Verkholenskogo i Balaganskogo okrugov, issledovannykh A. Chekanovskim. Геогностическая карта местностей Иркутского, Верхоленского и Балаганского округов, исследованных А. Чекановским.

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Title

  • Geognosticheskai︠a︡ karta mestnosteĭ Irkutskogo, Verkholenskogo i Balaganskogo okrugov, issledovannykh A. Chekanovskim.

Other Title

  • Геогностическая карта местностей Иркутского, Верхоленского и Балаганского округов, исследованных А. Чекановским.

Translated Title

  • Geognostic Map of the Localities of Irkutsk, Verkholensk, and Balagansk Districts.

Summary

  • The first geological (geognostic) maps in Russia were produced in the 1850s. This map of the Irkutsk region was published by the Siberian Department of the Imperial Russian Geographic Society under the leadership of Academician F.B. Schmidt. It shows the location of mines and minerals, caves, gaps, salt deposits, springs, landslides, and patterns of freezing on Lake Baikal. The colors denote different types of rock. World Digital Library.

Created / Published

  • Irkutsk, Russia : Siberian Branch of the Russian Geographic Society, 1873.

Headings

  • -  maps
  • -  Russia
  • -  Siberia
  • -  Far East
  • -  Irkutsk Province
  • -  Geography
  • -  Russian Federation
  • -  Irkutsk Oblast

Notes

  • -  Bez setki koord. Krasnymi fonami pokaz. rasprostr. gornykh porod.
  • -  Na karte naneseny mesta dobychi i mestonakhozhdenii︠a︡ poleznykh iskopaemykh, peshchery, provaly, soli︠a︡nye kli︠u︡chi, obvaly, mesta slabogo i kratkovremennogo zamerzanii︠a︡ Baĭkala.
  • -  Irkutsk Oblast geography.
  • -  Original map at: Russian State Library
  • -  Без сетки коорд. Красными фонами показ. распростр. горных пород.
  • -  На карте нанесены места добычи и местонахождения полезных ископаемых, пещеры, провалы, соляные ключи, обвалы, места слабого и кратковременного замерзания Байкала.
  • -  Irkutsk Oblast geography.

Medium

  • 1 sheet : multi-colored.

Source Collection

  • Maps from the Russian State Library

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018694065

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Geognosticheskai︠a︡ karta mestnosteĭ Irkutskogo, Verkholenskogo i Balaganskogo okrugov, issledovannykh A. Chekanovskim. Irkutsk, Russia: Siberian Branch of the Russian Geographic Society, 1873. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018694065/.

APA citation style:

(1873) Geognosticheskai︠a︡ karta mestnosteĭ Irkutskogo, Verkholenskogo i Balaganskogo okrugov, issledovannykh A. Chekanovskim. Irkutsk, Russia: Siberian Branch of the Russian Geographic Society. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018694065/.

MLA citation style:

Geognosticheskai︠a︡ karta mestnosteĭ Irkutskogo, Verkholenskogo i Balaganskogo okrugov, issledovannykh A. Chekanovskim. Irkutsk, Russia: Siberian Branch of the Russian Geographic Society, 1873. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018694065/>.