Central Asia F&B

Product Description

Central Asia at 1:1, 500, 000 on a large map from Freytag & Berndt with a separate index booklet attached to the map cover also providing street plans of central Asgabat, Astana, Bishkek, Dushanbe & Tashkent. The map covers the whole of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan & Kyrgyzstan, plus most of Turkmenistan & southern Kazakhstan. Topography of the area is very effectively presented by relief shading, with plenty of names of geographical features such as mountain chains, peaks, valleys, deserts, etc, & additional graphics for forests, salt flats, swamps, wells in arid areas, sandy or rocky deserts, etc. National parks & other protected areas are highlighted. Road network indicates four different types of roads, including desert tracks, & indicates distances on main routes & locations of border crossings. The course of the various variants of the Silk Road is prominently marked. Railway lines are included & local airports are marked. The map also shows oil pipelines & internal administrative boundaries with names of the provinces. Symbols indicate various places of interest including UNESCO World Heritage sites. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1° intervals. Multilingual map legend

Includes:: English. The index, arranged by country, is in a separate booklet attached to the map cover. The booklet also provide street plans (each covering two pages of Asgabat, Astana, Bishkek, Dushanbe & Tashkent. The plans highlight principal traffic arteries & give names of other main streets as well as various places of interest. Place names on the map & the street plans are shown transliterated into Latin alphabet, with some larger cities given alternative spellings (Toshkent/ Taschkent) or shown in Cyrillic alphabet.