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ID: 7011366
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7011366
Record Type:
administrative
Penzance (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 50 06 49 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 50.1136
decimal degrees
Long: 005 32 52 W
degrees minutes
Long: -5.5478
decimal degrees
Note:
Country's westernmost town; known for surprisingly temperate climate that allows cultivation of subtropical flowers and plants; experienced occasional pirate raids in the 17th century.
Names:
Penzance
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English
,
U
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
)
............
England
(country) (
P
)
................
Cornwall
(county) (
P
)
....................
Penzance
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
town (
C
)
agricultural center (
C
)
tourist center (
C
)
port (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Penzance..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IX, 270
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
152
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IX, 270
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2605264
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
152
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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