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ID: 7001938
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001938
Record Type:
administrative
Hobart (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 42 53 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -42.8832
decimal degrees
Long: 147 19 54 E
degrees minutes
Long: 147.3317
decimal degrees
Note:
Originally a penal colony, made capital of Tasmania in 1812; former whaling station; today thrives as a deep harbor on Derwent river, exporting agricultural products, textiles, timber & minerals; is a major chemical-processing center.
Names:
Hobart
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hobarton
(
H
,
V
)
Hobart Town
(
H
,
V
)
............
to 1881
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Oceania
(continent) (
P
)
........
Australia
(nation) (
P
)
............
State of Tasmania
(state) (
P
)
................
Hobart
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
settled 1804
city (
C
)
............
founded 1842
regional capital (
C
)
............
since 1812
port (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
penal settlement (
H
)
............
1803-1853
Sources and Contributors:
Hobart..........
[
BHA
,
GRLPSC
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
268
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
84
.................
USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
506
Hobarton..........
[
VP
]
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
506
Hobart Town..........
[
VP
]
.......................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
506
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
GRLPSC
,
VP
]
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
268
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-1578440
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
84
..................
USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
506
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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