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ID: 7001818
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001818
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Cook Strait (strait)  Cook Strait (strait)

Coordinates:
Lat: 41 15 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -41.2500  decimal degrees
Long: 174 30 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 174.5000  decimal degrees

Note: Separates North & South Islands of New Zealand; named for Captain Cook who charted the strait in 1770.

Names:
Cook Strait (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Oceania (continent)  ....  Oceania (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of New Zealand (nation)  ........  New Zealand (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Cook Strait (strait)  ............  Cook Strait (strait) (P)

Place Types:
strait (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Cook Strait..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 150
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 289
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 150
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 289
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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