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ID: 7009586
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009586
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Narvik (inhabited place)  Narvik (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 68 26 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 68.4333  decimal degrees
Long: 017 25 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 17.4167  decimal degrees

Note: Ice-free seaport in Ofoten fjord; was founded by Anglo-Swedish consortium as a major transshipment point for iron ore from N Sweden, since other major ports are frozen in winter; Norwegian government took over the development of the city in 1892.

Names:
Narvik (preferred,C,V)  ............ name given in 1898
Victoriahavn (H,V)  ............ named in 1887, after the Crown Princess of Sweden

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Norway (nation)  ........  Norway (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Nordland (county)  ............  Nordland (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Narvik (inhabited place)  ................  Narvik (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 1880s
city (C)
port (C)
transport point (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Narvik..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 640
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 518-519
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 136
Victoriahavn..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 518-519
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 640
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 518-519
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 136
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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