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ID: 7017656
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7017656
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Klondike (general region)  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:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Canada (nation)  ........  Canada (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Yukon Territory (territory)  ............  Yukon Territory (territory) (P)
Hierarchy of Klondike (general region)  ................  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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