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ID: 1031395
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1031395
Record Type:
administrative
Kotka (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 60 26 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 60.4333
decimal degrees
Long: 026 55 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 26.9167
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on 2 islands in the Gulf of Finland; area was fortified by the Russians in late 18th cen.; town grew during the late 1930s; serves as the major seaport for E Finland.
Names:
Kotka
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Finland
(nation) (
P
)
............
Kymenlaakso Region
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Hovinsaari
(island) (
P
)
....................
Kotka
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Finland
(nation) (
P
)
............
Kymenlaakso Region
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Kotkansaari
(island) (
P
)
....................
Kotka
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
fortified in late 18th cen., town founded in 1878
city (
C
)
port (
C
)
commercial center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Kotka..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 973
..............
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
104
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 973
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
104
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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