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ID: 1010375
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1010375

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Vava'u (national division)  Vava'u (national division)

Coordinates:
Lat: 18 40 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -18.6667  decimal degrees
Long: 174 00 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -174.0000  decimal degrees

Note: The island group of northern Tonga, comprises Vava'u Island and around 30 islets. They are mountainous islands of volcanic origin. The chief town is Neiafu, located on Vava'u.

Names:
Vava'u (preferred,C,V)
Vava'u Islands Division (C,V)
Vavau (C,V)
Vava'u Group (C,V)
Vava‘u (C,U,O)
TN03 (C,U,FIPS)
Vava‘u Islands Division (C,U)
Vava’u (C,U,French)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Oceania (continent)  ....  Oceania (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Tonga (nation)  ........  Tonga (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Vava'u (national division)  ............  Vava'u (national division) (P)

Place Types:
national division (preferred, C)
first level subdivision (C)
island group (C)

Sources and Contributors:
TN03..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Vavau..........  [VP]
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1219
Vava'u..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Britannica Book of the Year (1994) 730
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 10 February 2015
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Vava‘u..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 4032231
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2778483
Vava’u..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 4032231
Vava'u Group..........  [VP]
.......................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 685
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1990) plate 9
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1286
Vava'u Islands Division..........  [VP]
.........................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 10 February 2015
Vava‘u Islands Division..........  [VP]
.........................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 4032231
.........................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2778483
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1994) 730
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 685
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 4032231
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2778483
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1990) plate 9
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1286
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1219
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vava%CA%BBu
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)

 

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