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ID: 1108807
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1108807
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Blue Ridge (mountains)  Blue Ridge (mountains)

Coordinates:
Lat: 36 07 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 36.1167  decimal degrees
Long: 081 35 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -81.5833  decimal degrees

Note: E & SW range of Appalachian Mountains; extends from Harpers Ferry West Virginia, SW across western Virginia & W North Carolina into N Georgia; considered by some to extend into Maryland, Pennsylvania & New York; highest peak is in North Carolina.

Names:
Blue Ridge (preferred,C,V)
Blue Ridge Mountains (C,V)
The Blue Ridge of the Alagany Mountains (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 Blue Ridge (mountains)  ............  Blue Ridge (mountains) (P)

Place Types:
mountains (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Blue Ridge..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS37003250
Blue Ridge Mountains..........  [VP]
...................................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 154
The Blue Ridge of the Alagany Mountains..........  [VP]
.................................................................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS37003250
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS37003250
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 154
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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