This page will contain various Asmara and Kagnew maps
sent in by fellow Kagnewites and developed here.

(Updated 6/13/2006) Kagnew Station Communications Map. Kagnew Station was a communications center so I've started a map showing those links. It is incomplete at this time and will be updated as that information comes in. That's where I need your help. I was in the receiver section and have added what I know and contacted those I know that might be able to help. If you were involved with maintaining circuits please check this page out and let me know if you can fill in the blanks.

(Updated 11/08/2007) Kagnew Station Map. This is an ongoing project of a Kagnew Station map, which will allow you to click a building and see all the information and pictures of that building in one place! I will be adding to it as I find time and building pictures. Thanks to dependent Judy Spencer for providing the map. Special Note: Terry Hicks has reproduced this map on a smaller scale, here is the link: Terry Hick's Map Here's another map Terry for Radio Marina.

Massawa Harbor Map. I didn't have much to do over Labor Day weekend, so I got out a map from a WWII book I have "Under The Red Sea Sun" and also looked at that imagery of Massawa. I drew up my own collaboration of the harbor area from these. I free handed it, took a razor knife and cut it out, and mounted it on blue paper. Since I drew it up, and it is about 95% accurate, there are no copyright infringement rights here. I put a blurb on the bottom explaining it's origin and who it is for, and done by who, to cover this as well. Terry Hicks Thanks to Terry Hicks for the work on this unique map.

Radio Marina Map. Bob Hart has sent me a two-part hand tracing of Radio Marina he did while on CQ duty and would like to share it with us. He is looking for the original to rescan and we're going to try to create one map for you. This now gives us a map of both stations! And now there are two maps. Dick Lilienthal sends in another map which he believes he got from Bill Cross. It is a little more detailed with a legend for all the buildings. With the combination of the two maps I should be able to put together a decent map of Radio Marina. Thanks guys! Rick

Terry Hicks found a great satellite photo of Massawa and I thought it would be an interesting addition to the page -- Massawa by satellite.

Judy Spencer sent me a an original draft of a Kagnew map. It was drawn by G. Berti, dated 4 February 1958! It does not have a lot of the newer buildings from the 1960s but I want to use this map as a base and try to add buildings as they are recognized. This is a large map (558KB - 3605 by 2275 pixels) so I am scanning it in pieces and then putting the pieces together like a jigsaw puzzle, which is going to take some time. For now, you can see the progress of the map here: Kagnew map courtesy of Judy (Hord) Spencer, Dependent 1957-1960. (It may be better if you download the map to your hard drive and view it there, especially if you're on a dialup. Broadband users should have no problem.)

Asmara map courtesy of Randy Rowley Interesting color-shaded map of Asmara Large map of Kagnew (Tract E) (269KB) Revised Kagnew Map with legend by Dave Handlin (60-62)

I have recently been in contact with Hans van der Splinter in The Netherlands and have acquired a new Asmara city map. It is called the "Asmara City Map & Historic Perimeter" and was printed by Vision Africa for the Municipality of Asmara & The Cultural Assets Rehabilitation Project in 2003. It was designed by Edward Denison and Guang Yu Ren. It has all the major buildings and streets noted and I hope to eventually have it posted here. It is a published and copyrighted piece so I'm trying to contact the organization for permission. I have also found out that it is available for puchase so I'll get that information to you soon. For now, here's a sneak peek at the major core of the city on the map. Asmara City Map & Historic Perimeter