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ID: 7009896
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009896
Record Type:
administrative
Stornoway (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 58 13 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 58.2167
decimal degrees
Long: 006 22 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -6.3667
decimal degrees
Note:
Largest town on Western Island; grew in 18th cen. as port for herring fishing; today is noted producer of Harris tweed.
Names:
Stornoway
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English
,
U
)
Hierarchical Position:
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Europe
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United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
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Scotland
(country) (
P
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Eilean Siar
(unitary authority) (
P
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Lewis, Isle of
(island) (
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Stornoway
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded during reign of James VI (1567-1625)
town (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
port (
C
)
manufacturing center (
C
)
fishing community (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Stornoway..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
....................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
....................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
189
....................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1157
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2608862
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
189
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1157
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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