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ID: 1007070
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1007070
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Faial, Ilha do (island)  Faial, Ilha do (island)

Coordinates:
Lat: 38 34 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 38.5667  decimal degrees
Long: 028 42 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -28.7000  decimal degrees

Note: Was sighted by Portuguese ca. 1430; was colonized in 16th cen; noted as scene of great volcanic activity 1957-1958.

Names:
Faial, Ilha do (preferred,C,V)
Ilha do Faial (C,V,display)
Faial (C,V)
Fayal Island (C,V)
Fayal (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Portugal (nation)  ........  Portugal (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Azores (autonomous region)  ............  Azores (autonomous region) (P)
Hierarchy of Faial, Ilha do (island)  ................  Faial, Ilha do (island) (P)

Place Types:
island (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Faial..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 64
Faial, Ilha do..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 28 April 2014
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Fayal..........  [VP]
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 287
Fayal Island..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 28 April 2014
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Ilha do Faial..........  [VP]
..........................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 287
..........................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 287
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 28 April 2014
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2164968
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 64
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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