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ID: 4010906
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/4010906
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Suomenlinna (fortification)  Suomenlinna (fortification)

Coordinates:
Lat: 60 08 45 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 60.1469  decimal degrees
Long: 024 59 13 E  degrees minutes   Long: 24.9878  decimal degrees

Note: Located off Helsinki; comprises a number of islands & islets linked by bridges & heavily fortified; fortifications were built by Swedish Admiral Ehrensvärd; it was surrendered to Russia in 1809; today is a tourist attraction.

Names:
Suomenlinna (preferred,C,V)
Sveaborg (C,V)  ............ Swedish name, meaning "Sweden's Fortress"

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Suomi (nation)  ........  Suomi (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Uusimaa (region (administrative division))  ............  Uusimaa (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Suomenlinna (fortification)  ................  Suomenlinna (fortification) (P)

Place Types:
fortification (preferred, C)  ............  constructed in mid-18th cen.
tourist center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Suomenlinna..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.......................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.......................  Nagel's: Finland (1971) 50
.......................  Nagel's: Finland (1980) 88
.......................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Sveaborg..........  [BHA, VP]
.................  Nagel's: Finland (1980) 88
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Nagel's: Finland (1971) 50
..................  Nagel's: Finland (1980) 88
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 6 August 2014
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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