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ID: 1008380
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1008380
Record Type:
physical
North Island (island)
Coordinates:
Lat: 39 00 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -39.0000
decimal degrees
Long: 176 00 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 176.0000
decimal degrees
Note:
Northernmost of two principal islands of New Zealand, separated from South Island by Cook Strait; smaller but more densely populated than South Island; Maoris live mainly on North Island.
Names:
North Island
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Te Ika-A-Maui
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Oceania
(continent) (
P
)
........
New Zealand
(nation) (
P
)
............
North Island
(island) (
P
)
Place Types:
island (
preferred
,
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
North Island..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
464
.......................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
141
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
864
Te Ika-A-Maui..........
[
VP
]
..........................
Times Atlas of World History (1989)
236
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
464
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 4 February 2015
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
141
..................
Times Atlas of World History (1989)
236
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
864
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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