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Subject: RE: Australian island]]
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 12:55:31 -0500
From: Boardman, Richard <[log in to unmask]>


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Thanks to all that replied to my query re. North West Island in Queensland,
Australia. I did locate the island and the patron is most appreciative.
Thanks especially for the reference to the Geoscience Australia web site.
It's easy to use and will come in handy for future searches.

Rich Boardman
Free Library of Philadelphia

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> From: Johnnie D. Sutherland [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
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> Subject:        Re: Australian island]
> Date:   Tue, 25 Nov 2003 15:44:47 -0500
> From:   Edward James Redmond <[log in to unmask]>
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> Rich:
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> North West Islet is visible on two Royal Australian Navy Hydrographic
> Service nautical charts: AUS 700 'Torres Strait' (April 1995 - 1:50,000)
> and AUS 294  'Endeavour Strait' (November 1988 - 1:75,000) at the
> coordinates given in your message. The islet is just off of the larger
> Prince of Wales Island (north of Queensland)  in the Torres Strait
> separating Australia and Papua New Guinea.
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> I will be happy to provide a few digital images if it assists your reader.
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> Ed Redmond
> Geography and Map Division
> Library of Congress
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Australian island
> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 11:48:15 -0500
> From: Boardman, Richard < [log in to unmask]
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> Hi,
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> I have a patron trying to confirm and locate North West Island off of
> Queensland, Australia. <http://Australia. >I have identified and located
> two islands by that
> name but one is in Western Australia, the other in Northern Territory.
> <http://Territory. >There
> is a North West Islet that the coordinates place off the very northern tip
> of Queensland but I don't see it on anything I have (10-40 s x 142-07
> e). <http://e).>
> Does anybody have a chart that identifies the islet. <http://islet. >I
> also saw a couple of
> Northwest Reefs and a West Island but putting the two together as an
> island
> is eluding me.Thanks. <http://me.Thanks.>
>
> Rich Boardman
> Map Collection
> Free Library of Philadelphia
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