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Isle of Wight (unitary authority) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 20 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.3333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Island located in English Channel off south coast of Hampshire, separated from mainland by The Solent; annexed to Rome under Vespasian in 43 CE, to Wessex under the Saxons 661 and under Danish control 998; Queen Victoria died here at Osbourne House 1901. |
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| Isle of Wight (preferred,C,V,O,English,U)
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| I of W (C,V)
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| IOW (C,V)
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| IoW (C,V)
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| Wight, Isle of (NA,V,English,U)
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| County of Isle of Wight (NA,V,English,U)
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| Isle of Wight, County of (NA,V,English,U)
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| UKG2 (NA,V,FIPS)
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| Ictis (H,O)
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| Vectis (H,O,Latin,U,N)
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| unitary authority (preferred, C) |
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since 1996 |
| second level subdivision (C) |
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| island (C) |
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| agricultural land (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| county (C) |
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since 1890 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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