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TM-E 30-480: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces
Technical Manual, U.S. War Department, October 1, 1944
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Chapter XII: Conventional Signs and Abbreviations

Section II: Geographic Signs

1. IMPERIAL LAND SURVEY DEPARTMENT SIGNS

[Geographic Signs: Imperial Land Survey Department Signs]

[Geographic Signs: Imperial Land Survey Department Signs]

2. Japanese hydrographic office signs (signs listed are variant or supplementary to those in paragraph 1 of this section; Japanese Army shipping signs are listed in paragraph 1, section III of this chapter, Navy conventional signs in paragraph 2 of the same section).

Symbol         English
[Japanese Hydrographic Office Signs]         Large harbor or anchorage.
Small harbor or anchorage.
Anchorage for junks.
Ship entrance.
Ship anchorage with facilities.
[Japanese Hydrographic Office Signs]         Ship anchorage.
Possible anchorage.
Emergency anchorage.
Possible emergency anchorage.
Lighthouse.
Lightship.
Light buoy.
Mooring buoy.
Buoys (in general drawn to represent the actual shape of the buoy).
[Japanese Hydrographic Office Signs]         Light beacon, fixed.
Beacons, flashing: White.
Red.
Green.
Amber.
Lighting facilities.
Government landing field.
Commercial landing field.
Emergency landing field.
[Japanese Hydrographic Office Signs]         Seaplane anchorage with facilities.
Seaplane anchorage.
Possible seaplane anchorage.
Emergency seaplane anchorage.
Marine bureau.
Coast guard station.
Lifeboat station.
Observation point.
[Japanese Hydrographic Office Signs]         Submarine cable.
Radio station.
Radio broadcasting station.
Obstruction.
Tank (oil, gas, or water).
[Japanese Hydrographic Office Signs]         Race track.
Golf links.
Temple, shrine.
Imperial palace, garden, shrine, or mausoleum.
[Japanese Hydrographic Office Signs]         Coast line.
Drying coast line.
Sand beach.
Steep coast line.
[Japanese Hydrographic Office Signs]         Reef.
[Japanese Hydrographic Office Signs]         10-fathom line (1 dot).
20-fathom line (2 dots).
50-fathom line (5 dots).
100-fathom line (10 dots).
[Japanese Hydrographic Office Signs]         Flood tide.
Ebb tide.
Ocean current (direction and speed).
[Japanese Hydrographic Office Signs]         River and stream.
Bridge.
Ferry.
[Japanese Hydrographic Office Signs]         Waterfall.
Lake.
Swamp and marsh.
Fortified and aviation prohibited zone.
Civil air line.
High voltage transmission line.

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