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ID: 6006648
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6006648
Record Type:
physical
Yumenguan (pass)
Coordinates:
Lat: 40 20 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 40.3333
decimal degrees
Long: 093 49 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 93.8167
decimal degrees
Note:
Located at point where Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, Qinghai, and Gansu provinces meet. Pass that acted as the gateway to the northern route of the Silk Road during the Western Han dynasty. The ruin of Xiaofangpan Fortress is nearby.
Names:
Yumenguan
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Yumen Guan
(
C
,
V
)
Yü-men Kuan
(
C
,
V
)
Yumen Pass
(
C
,
V
)
Jade Gate
(
C
,
V
)
玉門關
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
China
(nation) (
P
)
............
Gansu
(province) (
P
)
................
Yumenguan
(pass) (
P
)
Place Types:
pass (
preferred
,
C
)
historic site (
C
)
Related geographic places:
located on ....
Silk Road
.......... (road)
..................
(World) [7031416]
Sources and Contributors:
玉門關..........
[
VP
]
...........
Yan, Poet-Historian Qian Qianyi (2009)
133
Jade Gate..........
[
VP
]
....................
Agnew, Conservation of Ancient Sites (2010)
351
Yumenguan..........
[
VP Preferred
]
....................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
....................
Yan, Poet-Historian Qian Qianyi (2009)
133
Yumen Guan..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
360
Yü-men Kuan..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
360
Yumen Pass..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Agnew, Conservation of Ancient Sites (2010)
351
.......................
UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-)
accessed 10 February 2016
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
360
..................
UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-)
accessed 10 February 2016
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Agnew, Conservation of Ancient Sites (2010)
351
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