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ID: 7017642
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7017642
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Sequoia National Park (national park)  Sequoia National Park (national park)

Coordinates:
Lat: 36 33 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 36.5500  decimal degrees
Long: 118 46 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -118.7667  decimal degrees

Note: Forested area of 629 square miles in the Sierra Nevada, east-central California. Park was established in 1890 to protect groves of giant sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum), which are among the world’s largest and oldest living things.

Names:
Sequoia National Park (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
Sequoia (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 United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of California (state)  ............  California (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Tulare (county)  ................  Tulare (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Sequoia National Park (national park)  ....................  Sequoia National Park (national park) (P)

Place Types:
national park (preferred, C)  ............  established 1890
wildlife refuge (C)
wilderness area (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Sequoia..........  [VP]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1267
Sequoia National Park..........  [M Adams Preferred, VP Preferred]
......................................  Adams, Database of Ansel Adams works (2000-)
......................................  California Department of Parks (1990-) in "High Sierra," accessed 30 Sept 2022
......................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
......................................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS6028993
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS6028993
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1267
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  California Department of Parks (1990-)
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 30 Sept 2022

 

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