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ID: 2135228
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2135228
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Antietam Creek (creek)  Antietam Creek (creek)

Coordinates:
Lat: 39 43 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 39.7167  decimal degrees
Long: 077 36 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -77.6000  decimal degrees

Note: Runs through Maryland & Pennsylvania; important battle of Civil War was fought near its confluence with Potamac.

Names:
Antietam Creek (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 Antietam Creek (creek)  ............  Antietam Creek (creek) (P)

Place Types:
creek (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Antietam Creek..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS24000174
.............................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 56
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS24000174
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 56
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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