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ID: 4010906
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/4010906
Record Type:
administrative
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:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Finland
(nation) (
P
)
............
Newland Region
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
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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