Description: "Asiatic Chains- The eastern side of this continent is accompanied by a series of curved island-chains, the summits of submarine mountains clearly belonging to the system of the Asiatic elevations. They extend from northeast to southwest. a. The Kurile Islands, a continuation of the mountains which extend from north to south through Kamchatka. b. The Japanese Islands, curving from Saghalin off the coast of Siberia to the Peninsula of Corea [sic]. c. The Liu Kiu Islands, forming a curve from Corea [sic] to Formosa. d. The Philippine Islands, forming two chains diverging towards the south. The eastern range terminates with the elevations of Celebes and Borneo, it should be remembered, belong to the group of the larger Molucca Islands. " (— Brewer, 1890)
Place Names: A Regional Map of Asia, China, Japan, Philippines, North Korea, South Korea, Korea, Sooloo Sea, Sulu Sea, North China Sea, Japan Sea, Ochotsk Sea, Sea of Japan, Okhotsk Sea, Behring Sea, Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands,
ISO Topic Categories: boundaries
Keywords: Asaitic Island Chains, physical, island formation, physical features, boundaries, Unknown, 1890
Source: William H. Brewer Ph.,D., Warren's New Physical Geography (Philadelphia, PA: Cowperthwait and Company, 1890) 41
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman. |
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