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ID: 1103391
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1103391

 

Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Karakum Desert (desert)  Karakum Desert (desert)

Coordinates:
Lat: 39 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 39.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 060 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 60.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Desert region occupying approximately 70 per cent of Turkmenistan.

Names:
Garagum (preferred,C,V)
Karakumy (C,V)
Karakum Desert (C,V,English-P,U,N)
Kara-Kum (C,V)
Peski Karakumy (C,V)
Gara Gum (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Turkmenistan (nation)  ........  Turkmenistan (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Karakum Desert (desert)  ............  Karakum Desert (desert) (P)

Place Types:
desert (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Garagum..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 12 August 2004
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 21 January 2015
Gara Gum..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 12 August 2004
Kara-Kum..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 12 August 2004
Karakum Desert..........  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 12 August 2004
.............................  Times Atlas of the World (1999)
Karakumy..........  [VP]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-83
Peski Karakumy..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  Times Atlas of the World (1999)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 12 August 2004
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 21 January 2015
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-83
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1999) 40
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 12 August 2004

 

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