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0130 Memoir on Maps of Chinese Turkistan and Kansu : vol.1
Memoir on Maps of Chinese Turkistan and Kansu : vol.1 / Page 130 (Color Image)

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doi: 10.20676/00000215
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While the observer of the rigorous work cannot be certain that his stations are identical
with Deasy's peaks, he is of opinion that they are probably within a few feet of them, since his
stations are on the highest points in the immediate vicinity, and no other peaks exist where
shown by Deasy. In the above cases the positions given by Deasy are approximately 41 and
33 seconds too far north and 42 and 22 seconds too far west.

Deasy's Pk. 25/42κ was not identified during the Indo-Russian work, but the observer
believes that a peak exists roughly a mile south-east of Deasy's position for it, which discrepancy
would agree tolerably well with that of the other peaks shown above. These errors in the