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ID: 7010403
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010403
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Blackpool (inhabited place)  Blackpool (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 53 49 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 53.8167  decimal degrees
Long: 003 03 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -3.0500  decimal degrees

Note: On the Irish Sea coast; country's largest & most popular seaside resort since late 18th cen.; Blackpool Tower (1895), modeled after Eiffel Tower; attractions include piers, golf courses & zoological parks; named after peat-colored water of Marton Mere.

Names:
Blackpool (preferred,C,V,English,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of England (country)  ............  England (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Blackpool (unitary authority)  ................  Blackpool (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Blackpool (inhabited place)  ....................  Blackpool (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
resort center (C)
tourist center (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Blackpool..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
....................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1970)
....................  Domesday Book (1985) 156
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 263
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 29
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1970)
..................  Domesday Book (1985) 156
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 263
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2590134
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 29
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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