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ID: 1113568
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1113568
Record Type:
physical
Palk Bay (bay)
Coordinates:
Lat: 09 30 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 9.5000
decimal degrees
Long: 079 15 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 79.2500
decimal degrees
Note:
Bay to the SE of the coast of India, off the NW coast of Sri Lanka. SE of the Palk Straight.
Names:
Palk Bay
(
preferred
,
C
,
O
,
English
,
U
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Palk Bay
(bay) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Sri Lanka
(nation) (
P
)
............
Palk Bay
(bay)
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
India
(nation) (
P
)
............
Palk Bay
(bay) (
P
)
Place Types:
bay (
preferred
,
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Palk Bay..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
plate 26
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 19 October 2015
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2106880
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
plate 26
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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