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** Update 22 July 2008: More art on Cranium
Island **
* Update 17 December 2007 *
Maps & Aerial Photos
The Pacific Ocean
rim
of the Alternate World
(geopolitical cartography by Taral Wayne)
("Vanirge, Where One Lands In
Hot Water"
--an article from the collection of Walter Reimer)
Northern Pacific
region
(geopolitical cartography by Taral Wayne)
A map of the Nimitz
Sea
Islands (Spontoon Archipelago Region)
Views of some Nimitz
Sea Islands
(Including 400 Keys Atoll)
(cartography by Ken
Fletcher)
("Islands of the Nimitz Sea:
History and Mystery"
-- an article from the collection of Walter
Reimer)
Krupmark
Island
Geography, maps, views &
notes
(opens to a separate webpage)
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Cranium
Island * **
Geography, maps, views
& notes
(opens to a separate webpage)
**** Betty the smuggler discovers
the wonders of Cranium Island ****
by Simon Barber
Spontoon
Archipelago
The Near
Archipelago
(including the Kanim Islands
Atolls)
Including Fishtrap Atoll, Pilgrim Atoll,
Albert Islands,
Orpington Islands, Lufthart Atoll, and diverse other islands &
reefs.
(Opens to 515 Kb)
(Cartography by Ken Fletcher & contributors)
Spontoon Island
Casino Island, inside the
Spontoon Atoll's
Lagoon is at
160° W
Longitude & 35° N Latitude
That is almost directly north of Kauai Island or
Niihau Island in Hawaiian Islands.
The Latitude is near that of Yokohama, Japan, or just
south of Monterey, California.
Time Zone
The Spontoon Archipelago is -11 hours of GMT, Greenwich Meridian Time
(Zulu Time).
Spontoon Archipelago is in the "X" zone of the international naval
Standard Time Zones.
Spontoon Island Cruise
Map (bird's eye view)
(cartography by Taral Wayne)
Spontoon Island
geography
(bird's eye view)
(cartography by Ken Fletcher)
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Spontoon Island Aerial Photos
(cartography by Simon Barber)
High Altitude
View of Spontoon Atoll to NNE
(circa1946: Sagner-Brandt 1 aircraft in foreground)
(Opens to a Large 2 MBytes!)
View looking NorthEast
across
the Central Lagoon
(This file is compressed to 38K, but opens to
a Large
2.4 MBytes!)
View over Main Island
towards SE
(Opens to a Large 2.2 MBytes!)
View of the main
face
Mt. Kiribatori: SW area of Main Island.
(This file is compressed to 57 K, but opens
to
a Large 2.1 MBytes!)
An Aerial Photomap
of South Island circa 1935
View to East from 25,000 ft (8,000 m) compiled from Songmark student
photos
Cartography by Simon Barber (Opens to a Large 3.7 MBytes!)
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Casino Island
geodetic
survey
(cartography by Ken Fletcher)
Rain Island Naval Syndicate
Base on Moon Island
(bird's eye view--cartography by Ken Fletcher)
Songmark Aeronautical Boarding School
for Young Ladies (Songmark Academy)
campus map
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Mapping
References
for artists, cartographers & writers
(opens to a new web page)
