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ID: 7005136
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005136
Record Type:
physical
Saint Thomas (island)
Coordinates:
Lat: 18 21 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 18.3500
decimal degrees
Long: 064 56 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -64.9333
decimal degrees
Note:
Second in size of Virgin Islands of the United States, though commercially most important; of volcanic origin; sighted and named by Columbus in 1493; settled by Dutch 1657, then abandoned; settled by Danes 1666 and 1672.
Names:
Saint Thomas
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
St. Thomas
(
C
,
V
)
Saint Thomas Island
(
C
,
U
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Virgin Islands of the United States
(dependent state) (
P
)
............
Saint Thomas
(island) (
P
)
Place Types:
island (
preferred
,
C
)
first level subdivision (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Saint Thomas..........
[
FDA
,
VP Preferred
]
.......................
National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
.......................
USGS, Geographic Names System [online] (1998-)
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Saint Thomas Island..........
[
VP
]
...................................
GeoNames online [n.d.]
7267904
St. Thomas..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Eagle Eye Maps, St. Thomas (1994)
Subject:
.....
[
FDA
,
VP
]
..................
Eagle Eye Maps, St. Thomas (1994)
..................
GeoNames online [n.d.]
7267904
..................
National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
..................
USGS, Geographic Names System [online] (1998-)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................
Wikipedia (2000-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Thomas,_U.S._Virgin_Islands
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
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