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MAP LOCATION

AFGHANISTAN

510 509

509

3468

3468

Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Head office

1:250,000-scale quadrangle

U.S. Geological Survey/Afghanistan Geological

Survey 1:250,000-scale quadrangle 

Related maps

USGS Open-File Report 2005–1107–A

(Bohannon and Turner, 2007)

Primary highway, hard surface...............................

Secondary highway, hard surface..........................

Primary highway, dirt or gravel surface.................

City street, mostly paved.........................................

Light duty road, unimproved..................................

Minor road, track, or trail, unimproved..................

Bridge........................................................................

Dam...........................................................................

Airport runway..........................................................

Airport taxiway.........................................................

UTM gridlines...........................................................

Ruins.........................................................................

Contours: index, intermediate.................................

Stream: perennial, intermittent...............................

Canal or ditch: perennial, intermittent....................

Lakes and reservoirs: perennial, intermittent........

Settlements, small....................................................

Spot elevation...........................................................

Built-up area.............................................................

TOPOGRAPHIC MAP SYMBOLS

Shiwu Kala

1460

DATA SOURCES

35°

69°

Data sources: Shuttle Radar Mission (SRTM) 90-m digital elevation 

data, purple outlines; DigitalGlobe 2.5-m coverage, orange fill; Landsat 

14.28-m coverage, green fill.

34°30’

69° 70°

34°30’

70°

35’

CONVERSION TABLE

Meters Feet

DECLINATION DIAGRAM ADJOINING MAPS

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6.5617

9.8425

13.1234

16.4042

19.6850

22.9659

26.2467

29.5276

32.8084

To convert meters to feet 

multiply by 3.2808

To convert feet to meters 

multiply by 0.3048

2°39 ́

UTM grid convergence is 0.17’

(5.0 MILS) and 

2007 magnetic declination

(MN) at center of map

Changing by 0°2 ́ east per year

Diagram is approximate

MN

1

1 Pulkhumri South

2 Charaikar South

3 Tagab-Munjan South

4 Chak-e-Wardak North

5 Jalal-Abad North

6 Chak-e-Wardak South

7 Kabul South

8 Jalal-Abad South

2 3

4 5

6 7 8

47.17 MILS

THE HEAD OFFICE OF GEODESY AND CARTOGRAPHY

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SURVE

M

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INISTRY OF MINES AND INDUSTRIES

TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF THE KABUL NORTH 30′ × 60′ QUADRANGLE, AFGHANISTAN

By

Robert G. Bohannon

2010 

Topography, shaded relief, and earthtones derived from Shuttle Radar Topography 

Mission (SRTM) 90-meter digital elevation data, 2007.

For earthtone, darker-brown areas indicate higher relief, and green indicates areas of 

lower relief, respectively

Projection and 10,000-meter grid: Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM), zone 42 north

World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84)

Cultural data from digital files from Afghanistan Information Management Service (AIMS) 

Political boundaries have not been placed on this map due to uncertainty of position at 

time of publication

Not all names of features have been placed on this map due to uncertainty of application 

and position at time of publication. Variant spellings of features may have been used. 

Vegetation has not been mapped

Limited field work done by R.G. Bohannon in 

spring 2004 and fall 2006.

Digital cartography by R.G. Bohannon, 2007

Publishing support provided by: 

Denver Publishing Service Center

Manuscript approved for publication March 16, 2010

For more information concerning this publication, contact:

Team Chief Scientist, USGS Geology and Environmental Change Science Center

Box 25046, Mail Stop 980

Denver, CO 80225

(303)236-5344

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Although this information product, for the most part, is in the public 

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Permission to reproduce copyrighted items for other than personal use

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Suggested citation:

Bohannon, R.G., 2010, Geologic and topographic maps of the Kabul North 30′ × 60′ quadrangle, 

Afghanistan: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3120, 34 p. pamphlet, 2 map 

sheets, scale 1: 100,000. 

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Prepared in cooperation with the

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SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP 3120

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Pamphlet accompanies map

U.S. Geological Survey Afghanistan Project Product no. 188

Topography derived from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) 90-m 

digital elevation data (available at http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/selection/inputcoord.asp). 

Gaps in the original dataset were filled by the National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration (NASA) Landsat imagery. Cultural features and 

hydrography were digitized from DigitalGlobe images pan-sharpened to 

better than 1-m resolution, and from 1-m natural-color orthorectified 

aerial photography. Contours were generated by cubic convolution 

averaged over four pixels using TNTmips surface-modeling capabilities 

(MicroImages, 2007). Minor artifacts from the auto-contouring technique 

might be present. Peak elevations were averaged over an area measuring 

30 m by 30 m (represented by one pixel), and are slightly lower than the 

highest corresponding point on the ground. False-color DigitalGlobe 

images (QuickBird) with an average resolution of 2.5-m pixels, and 

overlapping orthorectified aerial photographs in natural color with an 

average resolution of 1 m, covered most of the quadrangle (see Data 

Sources, below). Stream paths, roads, and trails were digitized from those 

images. DigitalGlobe images were orthorectified to the SRTM Digital 

Elevation Model (DEM) using rational polynomial coefficients provided 

with each image and geoid elevations acquired from the University 

NavStar Consortium (UNAVCO) in 2007 at http://jules.unavco.org. 

Stream paths are shown with a solid line where water was apparent on the 

image and are shown with a dashed and dotted line if no water was 

visible. Not all visible roads and trails were digitized and no attempt was 

made to extrapolate roads and trails that were visible in the 

high-resolution images into areas covered only by low-resolution images 

if they were not apparent there. Names of small settlements are from data 

downloaded from the Afghanistan Information Management Service 

(AIMS, 2008) web site at http://www.aims.org.af. The AIMS files were 

derived from maps originally produced by the Afghan Geodesy and 

Cartography Head Office (AGCHO). Most settlements required slight 

relocation from the original AIMS file to correspond with the imagery.

Moghulkhel

Loy

Shenkay

China

Naghlu

Baraki

Yakatut

Kampani

Rahman Mena

Fazil Beg

KABUL POLYTECHNIC

INSTITUTE

Khwaja Bughra

Qala-i-Ghawas

Qala-I-Malik

Ashoor

Chahar 

Qala-i-Wazirabad

Sherpur

Qala-I-Zaman Khan

Wazir-Abad

Qala-I-Musa Nawabadi Dihkipak

Dih Mazang

Qabil Bay

Qal'eh-ye

Chaman(Dasht)

KABUL

Baghe

Arefkhan

Balakarez

Araban

Chawulkhel

Qal’eh ye Dasht

Anjirak

Algoi

Zarshakh

Qala-i-Dast Daneshmand

Qarchan

Kariz-e

Mir

Ghaza

Aghale Shaykhu

Sorkh Belandi

Luku

Qal’eh-ye Akundzadah

Qal’eh-ye Hazara

Deh-e Myana

Dakow-ye Payan

Deh-e Beazar

Qal’eh-ye

Entefat

Shekhan

Isiqi Pa’in

Lochakan

Zemma

Isiqi Bala

Qal’eh-ye

Saqi

Khushkake Bala

Deh-e

Arabab

Dodamast

Langar

Qala-I-Meheb Butkhak

Qal'eh-ye

Ahmadkhan

Da’ud Khail

Alo Khail

Shina

Qal’eh-ye

Salo Qal’eh-ye

Jabarkhan

Pol-e

Charkhi

Zadran Kala

Mir’alam Kala

Qarya-i-Bazu Khail

Tara Khail

Kuchian

Bakhtyaran

Deh-yehya

Pule Sangi

Khwaja Chesht

Joybar

Shorab

Gholamqader

Qal’eh

Bandikhana

Katakhel

Deh-sabze Khas

Shani Kala

Kotu

Rustam Baba Qashkhar Qal’eh

Nawa

Arkhbelanday

Awdara

Serkay

Jaru

Sangaw

Chawni

Ashrafkhel

Baghe

Alam

Petawa

Qal’eh-ye Saman

Nare Kalan

Qal’eh-ye

Shahi

Qarah Bagh

Karez

Qal’eh-ye

Kuhna

Sardarbeg

Qal’eh-ye

Qadzi Dawzai

Qara Bagh

Kalan

Postindoz

Langar

Akhsaran

Shaykhu

Cashmeh-ye

Kharuti

Qal’eh-ye-Allahrahm

Karezgay

Hasanza’i

Alikhwaja

Dorani

Kharoti

Jurghati

Qal’eh-ye Dewana

Qal’eh-ye Musa Pa’in

Qal’eh-ye

Nasro

Panjqal’a

Qal’eh-ye

Golay

Taji Kote

Ghulam ali BAGRAM

AIR FIELD

KABUL

INTERNATIONAL

AIRPORT

Mahigir

Qal’eh-ye

Khwaja

Qal’eh-ye Khanha Nawdeh

Arghankhel Dawlatshahi

Myanshakh

Babakhel Yurchi

Hasankhel

Sabikhel

Qal’eh-ye Hazaraha

Gojurkhel

Sayghani

Chenza’i

Doghabad

Rogamati

Dih Khwaja

Qalacha-iSokhta

Nyazi

Turkman

Baltukhel

Qal’eh-ye

Mirzajalal Toghak

Doghabad

Kalacha

Nijrab

Zarsho

Asyakhel

Abdulkhel

Afghanya

Kayli

Landakhel

Ebadkhel

Karezuna

Adinkhel

Dandawach

Dawlatkhel

Tatarkhel

Nyazkhel

Alasay

Sharakkhel

Joybar

Nurma China

Dahminji

Babar

Khwaja

Tagab

Anar

Joy

Ghanikhel

Loy Naw

Sherkhel Gobengar

Shatoray Nawrozkhel

Almaskhel

Daramdaram Paka China

Shelwatay

Babakhel

Walikhel

Payendakhel

Chinagae

Nilay

Lakaray Band

Shenwar

Bar Mandikol

Shinwaro

Kalay

Senjelay

Kotagay Dalwazi

Kalay

Kace Sherkhan

Gogamunda

Liwan

Chinari

Gazak

Shinwari

Shpol Baba

Chawki

Tangi Kalay

Zero Tanga

Ganda-khasaray Enjeray

Yakha China

Sar Chashmeh

Molayan

Hosaynkhel

Mirza Khano Kalay

Daguna

Warkhara

SORUBI

Katasang

Gharbi Badpash

Chashmeh-ye

Masti

Manlara

Badpash

Bara Kala

Badpash

Kuza Kala

Gwan

Anjiran

Kabratu

Dwakholeh

Yarkanay

Rodbar

Wochakanay

Yakhdand Gaze Sufla

Adam

Ceray

Shirab

Chah

Chenar

Spin Kunday

Waka

Henddor

Manu

Kala

Bushti

Bozakhel

Arawu

Qal’eh-ye

Kalan

Gaze Ulya

Khan Doda

Khandoda

Kamosh

Walibeg

Kunda

Londay

Dumkazawar

Sar Kand Ow

Baba Ziarat

Shiwu Kala

Jahan-nema

Qalacha-i-Shata

Qal’eh-ye

Khwajaha

Sufyane

Baba

Sufyane

Pa'in

Deh-e

Meskin

Chaykal

Deh-ghawchak

Deh gholaman

Dakari

Jani

Malek Ekram Kala

Kala

Sahabuddin Kala

Musakhel

Karezak

Sarasyab

Qarabaghi

Qole Asyab

Jwazsang

Khwajakhel

Bazare

Qarabagh

Sawzsang Baghareqe

Sufla

Kalakan

Quchi

Qal’eh-ye Rahmdelkham

Buya Qala

Mushwani Sufla

Mir Bachcheh Kut

Mareki

Aghelak

Khwaja-shoab

Salahkhel

Deh-e Naw

Qargha

Dam

NEW

BAGHRAM

ROAD

LATABAND PASS

ROAD

LATABAND

LATABAND

ROAD

ROAD

JALALABAD

HIGHWAY

HIGHWAY

Qal’eh-ye

Dalil

Sayad

JEGDELIK

ROAD

Dam

JALALABAD

Dam

Bela Hissur Fortress (ruins)