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ID: 1042512
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1042512
Record Type:
administrative
Akureyri (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 65 41 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 65.6833
decimal degrees
Long: 018 04 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -18.0667
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in N central Iceland, on S end of Eyja fjord; is principal town of the north; serves as distributing center & manufactures woolen goods, fish oil, dairy products & other items.
Names:
Akureyri
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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Europe
(continent) (
P
)
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Iceland
(nation) (
P
)
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Akureyri
(municipality) (
P
)
................
Akureyri
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
town was incorporated in 1876
town (
C
)
commercial center (
C
)
port (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Akureyri..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
I, 195
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
9
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
I, 195
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
9
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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