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ID: 6000279
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6000279
Record Type:
administrative
Angkor Wat (deserted settlement)
Coordinates:
Lat: 13 24 43 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 13.4127
decimal degrees
Long: 103 52 01 E
degrees minutes
Long: 103.8670
decimal degrees
Note:
Located approximately one mile south of Angkor Thom; was the site of a large temple complex that fell into ruin after conquest of Khmers by the Siamese. Considered to be the world's largest religious structure.
Names:
Angkor Wat
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Prasat Angkor Voat
(
C
,
V
)
Angkor Vat
(
C
,
V
)
Angkor
(
C
,
V
)
Angkor Wath
(
C
,
V
)
Nakhor-Vat
(
C
,
V
)
Nakhor Wat
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Cambodia
(nation) (
P
)
............
Siem Reap
(province) (
P
)
................
Angkor Wat
(deserted settlement) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Khmer
(Empire) (former nation/state/empire) (
P
)
............
Angkor Wat
(deserted settlement) (
P
)
Place Types:
deserted settlement (
preferred
,
C
)
ruins (
C
)
archaeological site (
C
)
World Heritage Site (
C
)
............
from 1992
temple (
H
)
complex (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Angkor..........
[
VP
]
.................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 October 2017
Angkor Vat..........
[
VP
]
.......................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 October 2017
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
51
Angkor Wat..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IX, 390
.......................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 October 2017
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
51
Angkor Wath..........
[
VP
]
.......................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 October 2017
Nakhor-Vat..........
[
VP
]
.......................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 October 2017
Nakhor Wat..........
[
VP
]
.......................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 October 2017
Prasat Angkor Voat..........
[
VP
]
...................................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 October 2017
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IX, 390
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 October 2017
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
51
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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