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ID: 7000714
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000714

 

Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Mauritius (island)  Mauritius (island)

Coordinates:
Lat: 20 17 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -20.2833  decimal degrees
Long: 057 33 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 57.5500  decimal degrees

Note: Mountainous island in the Indian Ocean; fertile valleys & coastal plains produce sugarcane & other products.

Names:
Mauritius (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
Mauritius Island (C,V,display)
Maurice (C,O)
Île Maurice (C,O)
Maurice, Île (C,O)
Mauricio (C,O)
Île de France (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Mauritius (nation)  ........  Mauritius (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Mauritius (island)  ............  Mauritius (island) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Mascarene Islands (island group)  ........  Mascarene Islands (island group) (P)
Hierarchy of Mauritius (island)  ............  Mauritius (island) (P)

Place Types:
island (preferred, C)
first level subdivision (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Île de France..........  [VP]
..........................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 743
Île Maurice..........  [VP]
.......................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Maurice..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 349
Maurice, Île..........  [VP]
.......................  Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-111
Mauricio..........  [VP]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-111
Mauritius..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Britannica Book of the Year (1994) 669
....................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 737
Mauritius Island..........  [VP]
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1994) 669
..................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-111
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 349
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 737; 743
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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