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ID: 1009489
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1009489
Record Type:
physical
Tongatapu (island)
Coordinates:
Lat: 21 10 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -21.1667
decimal degrees
Long: 175 10 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -175.1667
decimal degrees
Note:
Largest island in Tonga; chief town & cap Nuku'alofa; site of Fua'amotu Airport; economy based on coconut plantations.
Names:
Tongatapu
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Oceania
(continent) (
P
)
........
Tonga
(nation) (
P
)
............
Tongatapu
(national division) (
P
)
................
Tongatapu
(island) (
P
)
Place Types:
island (
preferred
,
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Tongatapu..........
[
VP Preferred
]
....................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
654
....................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
....................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
1220
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
654
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
1220
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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