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ID: 7001954
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001954
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Cooktown (inhabited place)  Cooktown (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 15 28 13 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -15.4703  decimal degrees
Long: 145 15 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 145.2499  decimal degrees

Note: Located on York Peninsula, N Queensland; trades with Papua New Guinea; site where Capt. Cook beached the Endeavour for repairs 1770.

Names:
Cooktown (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 Cooktown (inhabited place)  ................  Cooktown (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
port (C)
trade center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Cooktown..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 49
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 289
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1566915
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 49
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 289
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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