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ID: 7005004
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005004
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Jan Mayen (dependent state)  Jan Mayen (dependent state)

Coordinates:
Lat: 70 58 58 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 70.9833  decimal degrees
Long: 008 30 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -8.5000  decimal degrees

Note: Dependency, consisting of the volcanic island located in Arctic Ocean; charted by Henry Hudson in 1608.

Names:
Jan Mayen (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
Jan Mayen (Norwegian (Nynorsk)-P,U,N)
JN (C,O,FIPS)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Jan Mayen (dependent state)  ........  Jan Mayen (dependent state) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (general region)  ........  Svalbard and Jan Mayen (general region) (P)
Hierarchy of Jan Mayen (dependent state)  ............  Jan Mayen (dependent state)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Northern Europe (general region)  ........  Northern Europe (general region) (P)
Hierarchy of Jan Mayen (dependent state)  ............  Jan Mayen (dependent state)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Norge (nation)  ........  Norge (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Jan Mayen (dependent state)  ............  Jan Mayen (dependent state) (P)

Place Types:
dependent state (preferred, C)  ............  annexed to Norway on May 8, 1929
primary political unit (C)
first level subdivision (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Jan Mayen..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 493
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3041964
....................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
....................  Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-44
JN..........  [VP]
...........  NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) accessed 01/20/99
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 493
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 305
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3041964
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) accessed 01/20/99
..................  Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-44
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mayen
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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