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ID: 7001912
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001912
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Cairns (inhabited place)  Cairns (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 16 55 23 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -16.9230  decimal degrees
Long: 145 45 59 E  degrees minutes   Long: 145.7663  decimal degrees

Note: Seaport; supply center for agricultural & mining region; tourist resort specializing in deep-sea fishing & starting point for tours to Great Barrier Reef.

Names:
Cairns (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Oceania (continent)  ....  Oceania (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Australia (nation)  ........  Australia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Queensland (state)  ............  Queensland (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Cairns (inhabited place)  ................  Cairns (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1876
town (C)
port (C)
resort (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Cairns..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 106
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 37
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 200
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 106
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1563537
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 37
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 200
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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