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ID: 7009905
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009905
Record Type:
administrative
Kirkwall (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 58 58 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 58.9667
decimal degrees
Long: 002 57 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -2.9500
decimal degrees
Note:
Noted for St. Magnus Cathedral, ruins of Bishop's Palace & Tankerness House Museum; library contains extensive collection of books & materials concerning the island's history.
Names:
Kirkwall
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English
,
U
)
Churchbay
(
H
,
O
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
)
............
Scotland
(country) (
P
)
................
Orkney
(unitary authority) (
P
)
....................
Kirkwall
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
)
............
Scotland
(country) (
P
)
................
Orkney
(unitary authority) (
P
)
....................
Mainland
(island) (
P
)
........................
Kirkwall
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
town (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
port (
C
)
episcopal see (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Churchbay..........
[
VP
]
....................
Blue Guide: Scotland (1980)
406
Kirkwall..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.................
Blue Guide: Scotland (1980)
406
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
101
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................
Blue Guide: Scotland (1980)
406
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2600430
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
101
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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