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ID: 7001869
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001869
Record Type:
administrative
Launceston (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 41 26 20 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -41.4388
decimal degrees
Long: 147 08 05 E
degrees minutes
Long: 147.1347
decimal degrees
Note:
Second largest city in Tasmania; was a mining center after gold was discovered nearby in the 19th cen.; site of hydroelectric power plant; exports timber, textiles & agricultural produce.
Names:
Launceston
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Launcestown
(
C
,
V
)
Patersonia
(
H
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Oceania
(continent) (
P
)
........
Australia
(nation) (
P
)
............
State of Tasmania
(state) (
P
)
................
Launceston
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
city (
C
)
river settlement (
C
)
gold town (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Launceston..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
354
.......................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
110
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
654
Launcestown..........
[
VP
]
.......................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Patersonia..........
[
VP
]
.......................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
654
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
354
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-1583138
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
110
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
654
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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