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ID: 7030369
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7030369

 

Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Dominica (island)  Dominica (island)

Coordinates:
Lat: 15 30 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 15.5000  decimal degrees
Long: 061 20 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -61.3333  decimal degrees

Note: Island that lies between the French islands of Guadeloupe and Marie-Galante to the north and Martinique to the south. Territory of the nation of the same name.

Names:
Dominica (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)  ............ named by Columbus in 1493, after the day of the week (Sunday) on which he sighted it
Dominique (C,O)
Dominican (C,O,English,U,A)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Dominica (nation)  ........  Dominica (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Dominica (island)  ............  Dominica (island) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Windward Islands (island group)  ........  Windward Islands (island group) (P)
Hierarchy of Dominica (island)  ............  Dominica (island) (P)

Place Types:
island (preferred, C)

Related geographic places:
distinguished from ....  Dominica .......... (nation)
..................................  (World, North and Central America) [7004641]

Sources and Contributors:
Dominica..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 586
.................  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 597
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 247-248
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 165-166
.................  Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-26
.................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 48
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 338
Dominican..........  [VP]
....................  CIA, World Fact Book (1999) accessed 03/30/00
Dominique..........  [BHA, VP]
....................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 48
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 586
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 597
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 174
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) 2:247-248; I, 247-248
..................  CIA, World Fact Book (1999) accessed 03/30/00
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 165-166
..................  ISO Country Codes (1996) 13
..................  ISO Handbook (1988) 765; 778
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) accessed 01/20/99
..................  Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-26
..................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 48
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 338
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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