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ID: 7005563
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005563
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Panama Canal (canal)  Panama Canal (canal)

Coordinates:
Lat: 09 20 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 9.3333  decimal degrees
Long: 079 53 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -79.8833  decimal degrees

Note: Construction of a shipping canal across the Isthmus of Panama, connecting Atlantic (Caribbean) and Pacific, was attempted by French in 1879; USA was granted concession to the Canal Zone by Panama in 1903, and successful construction was completed in 1914.

Names:
Panama Canal (preferred,C,V)
Panamá, Canal de (C,V)
Canal de Panamá (C,V,display)
Ithsmian Canal (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Panama (nation)  ........  Panama (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Panama Canal (canal)  ............  Panama Canal (canal) (P)

Place Types:
canal (preferred, C)  ............  finished August 15, 1914, widened in 1959; control given by USA to Panama on December 14, 1999

Sources and Contributors:
Canal de Panamá..........  [VP]
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Ithsmian Canal..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 19 February 2014
Panama Canal..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 19 February 2014
.......................  Panama Canal, New York Times (1999)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 149
Panamá, Canal de..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-131
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Panama Canal, New York Times (1999)
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-131
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 149
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Getty Vocabulary Program rules

 

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