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ID: 8060344
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8060344

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Yangguan (pass)  Yangguan (pass)

Coordinates:
Lat: 39 55 38 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 39.9270  decimal degrees
Long: 094 03 33 E  degrees minutes   Long: 94.0590  decimal degrees

Note: Mountain pass located approximately 40 miles south of Dunhuang, and an important gate along the Silk Road. Part of the original Great Wall in the west.

Names:
Yangguan (preferred,C,V)
Yangguan Pass (C,V)
Yang Guan (C,V)
陽關 (C,V,Chinese (traditional),U)
阳关 (C,V,Chinese (simplified),U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of China (nation)  ........  China (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (autonomous region)  ............  Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (autonomous region) (P)
Hierarchy of Yangguan (pass)  ................  Yangguan (pass) (P)

Place Types:
pass (preferred, C)
ancient site (C)

Related geographic places:
located on ....  Silk Road .......... (road)
..................  (World) [7031416]

Sources and Contributors:
陽關..........  [VP]
...........  West of Yang Guan (1983)
阳关..........  [VP]
...........  West of Yang Guan (1983)
Yangguan..........  [VP]
.................  Tucker, Silk Road (2015) 123
.................  UNESCO: Silk Road (2016-) accessed 12 February 2016
Yang Guan..........  [VP]
....................  UNESCO: Silk Road (2016-) accessed 12 February 2016
Yangguan Pass..........  [VP Preferred]
..........................  Che, Silk Road (1989)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  UNESCO: Silk Road (2016-) accessed 12 February 2016
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  UNESCO: Silk Road (2016-) accessed 12 February 2016

 

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