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ID: 1023592
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1023592
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Punta Arenas (inhabited place)  Punta Arenas (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 53 09 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -53.1500  decimal degrees
Long: 070 55 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -70.9167  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Straight of Magellan between Atlantic & Pacific oceans; is world's southernmost large city; prosperous port of call until Panama Canal opened 1914; industries include processing & export of hides, wool & frozen mutton; oil fields are nearby.

Names:
Punta Arenas (preferred,C,V)
Magallanes (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Chile (nation)  ........  Chile (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (region (administrative division))  ............  Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Punta Arenas (inhabited place)  ................  Punta Arenas (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded by Col. José de los Santos Mardones 1849
city (C)
regional capital (C)
free port (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Magallanes..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Punta Arenas..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 803
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 156
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 803
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -897667
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 156
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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