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ID: 7016042
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7016042
Record Type:
administrative
Fairbanks (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 64 50 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 64.8333
decimal degrees
Long: 147 42 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -147.7000
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on Chena River in E central Alaska; named for Vice President Fairbanks; positioned on N & S trans-Alaskan oil pipeline, which extends from Prudhoe to Valdez terminal; established as main supply headquarters for oil business.
Names:
Fairbanks
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
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United States
(nation) (
P
)
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Alaska
(state) (
P
)
................
Fairbanks North Star
(national division) (
P
)
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Fairbanks
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded in 1902 as a mining center for gold
town (
C
)
............
incorporated in 1903
industrial center (
C
)
............
for oil
port (
C
)
trade center (
C
)
............
for fur
mill center (
C
)
............
for lumber
transportation center (
C
)
............
developed after construction of Alaska Railroad & Alaska Highway in 1942, also includes an international airport
mining center (
C
)
............
for gold since 1902
tourist center (
C
)
educational center (
C
)
............
houses nearby University of Alaska at College
cultural center (
C
)
............
includes Yukon Marathon 800 mile boat race & North American Championship Sled Dog Races
Sources and Contributors:
Fairbanks..........
[
FDA
,
VP Preferred
]
....................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
199
....................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IV, 657
....................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS2007540
....................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
....................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
388
Subject:
.....
[
FDA
,
VP
]
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
199
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IV, 657
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS2007540
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
388
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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