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ID: 7009562
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009562
Record Type:
administrative
Saint Andrews (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 56 20 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 56.3333
decimal degrees
Long: 002 47 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -2.7833
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on a rocky promontory on Bay of St. Andrew, across from Firth of Tay; noted for University founded in 1412; also known for Royal & Ancient Golf Club, which is the ruling authority on the game; has ruins of cathedral, priory & castle.
Names:
Saint Andrews
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English
,
U
)
St. Andrews
(
C
,
V
)
Andreopolis
(
H
,
O
)
Reguli fanum
(
H
,
O
)
s. Andreae coenobium
(
H
,
O
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
)
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Scotland
(country) (
P
)
................
Fife
(unitary authority) (
P
)
....................
Saint Andrews
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
was thriving medieval center
town (
C
)
sporting center (
C
)
............
has 4 famous golf courses
university center (
C
)
episcopal see (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Andreopolis..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Orbis Latinus (1971)
19
Reguli fanum..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Orbis Latinus (1971)
19
Saint Andrews..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
..........................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..........................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..........................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
s. Andreae coenobium..........
[
VP
]
...................................
Orbis Latinus (1971)
19
St. Andrews..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1977)
211
.......................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
354
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1977)
211
..................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2606781
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................
Orbis Latinus (1971)
19
..................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
354
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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