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ID: 7014813
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014813
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Pechenga (inhabited place)  Pechenga (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 69 28 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 69.4667  decimal degrees
Long: 031 04 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 31.0667  decimal degrees

Note: Located near Russian-Finnish border; first settled by Russian monks, it became a trading post in 16th cen.; center of copper-mining region & base for fishing fleets; belonged to Finland 1920-1944.

Names:
Pechenga (preferred,C,V,O)
Pečenga (C,V)
Petsamo (C,O)
Petchenga (C,U)
Печенга (C,U,Russian-P)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Russia (nation)  ........  Russia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Murmansk Oblast (oblast)  ............  Murmansk Oblast (oblast) (P)
Hierarchy of Pechenga (inhabited place)  ................  Pechenga (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
mining center (C)
fishing community (C)
naval base (H)  ............  controlled by Finnish-German forces during WW II

Sources and Contributors:
Печенга..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2979319
Pečenga..........  [VP]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-133
Pechenga..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2979319
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 151
Petchenga..........  [VP]
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2979319
Petsamo..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2979319
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 353
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2979319
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-133
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 151
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 353
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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