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ID: 1007234
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1007234
Record Type:
physical
Grand Bahama (island)
Coordinates:
Lat: 26 38 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 26.6333
decimal degrees
Long: 078 25 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -78.4167
decimal degrees
Note:
Located W of Great Abaco Island; economy based on fishing, lumber & tourism, which experienced rapid growth in 1960s; contains one of the largest single-installation bunkering terminals in Western Hemisphere.
Names:
Grand Bahama
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Bahamas
(nation) (
P
)
............
Grand Bahama
(island) (
P
)
Place Types:
island (
preferred
,
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Grand Bahama..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
V, 414
.......................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-63
.......................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
75
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
V, 414
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-63
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
75
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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