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ID: 7006414
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7006414
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Cochinos, Bahía de (bay)  Cochinos, Bahía de (bay)

Coordinates:
Lat: 22 08 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 22.1333  decimal degrees
Long: 081 09 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -81.1500  decimal degrees

Note: On south coast of nation; site of attempted April 17, 1961 invasion by anti-Castro Cuban exiles sent by the United States; 1113 exiles captured; the United States denied responsibilty and prisoners exchanged for 53 million dollars in food and medicine from December 1962 to July 1965.

Names:
Cochinos, Bahía de (preferred,C,V)
Bahía de Cochinos (C,V,display)
Bay of Pigs (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Cuba (nation)  ........  Cuba (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Matanzas (province)  ............  Matanzas (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Cochinos, Bahía de (bay)  ................  Cochinos, Bahía de (bay) (P)

Place Types:
bay (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Bahía de Cochinos..........  [VP]
................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Bay of Pigs..........  [VP]
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Cochinos, Bahía de..........  [VP Preferred]
...................................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 84
...................................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 975-976
...................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
...................................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 47
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 84
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 975-976
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 47
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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