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ID: 1009489
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1009489
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Tongatapu (island)  Tongatapu (island)

Coordinates:
Lat: 21 10 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -21.1667  decimal degrees
Long: 175 10 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -175.1667  decimal degrees

Note: Largest island in Tonga; chief town & cap Nuku'alofa; site of Fua'amotu Airport; economy based on coconut plantations.

Names:
Tongatapu (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Oceania (continent)  ....  Oceania (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Tonga (nation)  ........  Tonga (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Tongatapu (national division)  ............  Tongatapu (national division) (P)
Hierarchy of Tongatapu (island)  ................  Tongatapu (island) (P)

Place Types:
island (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Tongatapu..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 654
....................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
....................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1220
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 654
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1220
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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