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ID: 7017656
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7017656
Record Type:
administrative
Klondike (general region)
Coordinates:
Lat: 63 30 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 63.5000
decimal degrees
Long: 139 00 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -139.0000
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in the Yukon river basin; has a very severe winter climate; here gold was discovered at Bonanza creek in 1896, spurring famous gold rush & influx of tens of thousands of people.
Names:
Klondike
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Canada
(nation) (
P
)
............
Yukon Territory
(territory) (
P
)
................
Klondike
(general region) (
P
)
Place Types:
general region (
preferred
,
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Klondike..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 484
.................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-88
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 484
..................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-88
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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