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ID: 7001818
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001818
Record Type:
physical
Cook Strait (strait)
Coordinates:
Lat: 41 15 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -41.2500
decimal degrees
Long: 174 30 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 174.5000
decimal degrees
Note:
Separates North & South Islands of New Zealand; named for Captain Cook who charted the strait in 1770.
Names:
Cook Strait
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
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Oceania
(continent) (
P
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New Zealand
(nation) (
P
)
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Cook Strait
(strait) (
P
)
Place Types:
strait (
preferred
,
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Cook Strait..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
150
.......................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
289
Subject:
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[
VP
]
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
150
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
289
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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