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ID: 7022082
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7022082

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of San Andreas Rift Zone (area)  San Andreas Rift Zone (area)

Coordinates:
Lat: 36 27 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 36.4500  decimal degrees
Long: 121 02 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -121.0333  decimal degrees

Note: Zone of faults extending along N coast, through San Francisco Peninsula to Gulf of California (Sea of Cortés), Mexico; source of many earthquakes.

Names:
San Andreas Rift Zone (preferred,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 San Andreas Rift Zone (area)  ................  San Andreas Rift Zone (area) (P)

Place Types:
area (preferred, C)
valley (C)

Sources and Contributors:
San Andreas Rift Zone..........  [VP Preferred]
......................................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS6032506; GNIS6057030
......................................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1062
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS6032506; GNIS6057030
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1062
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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