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ID: 7006454
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7006454
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Guantánamo, Bahía de (bay)  Guantánamo, Bahía de (bay)

Coordinates:
Lat: 20 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 20.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 075 08 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -75.1333  decimal degrees

Note: One of world's largest & best sheltered bays; US marines landed here during Spanish-American War in 1898; US naval base, fleet training center & airfield established by treaty in 1903; since 1959 Revolution, Cuba has protested against US presence.

Names:
Guantánamo, Bahía de (preferred,C,V)
Bahía de Guantánamo (C,V,display)
Guantánamo Bay (C,O)
Guantanamo Bay (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 Guantánamo (province)  ............  Guantánamo (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Guantánamo, Bahía de (bay)  ................  Guantánamo, Bahía de (bay) (P)

Place Types:
bay (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Bahía de Guantánamo..........  [VP]
...................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Guantánamo, Bahía de..........  [VP Preferred]
...................................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 532
...................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
...................................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-66
Guantánamo Bay..........  [VP]
.............................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 344
Guantanamo Bay..........  [VP]
.............................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 532
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-66
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 344
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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