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ID: 7001910
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001910
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Townsville (inhabited place)  Townsville (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 19 15 59 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -19.2664  decimal degrees
Long: 146 48 21 E  degrees minutes   Long: 146.8057  decimal degrees

Note: Largest tropical city in Australia; major seaport; headquarters of Great Barrier Reef Authority; economy based on agricultural exports, mineral mining, tourism; site of air force & army bases; site of James Cook University of N Queensland.

Names:
Townsville (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Oceania (continent)  ....  Oceania (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Australia (nation)  ........  Australia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Queensland (state)  ............  Queensland (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Townsville (inhabited place)  ................  Townsville (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1864
city (C)
port (C)
mining center (C)
military center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Townsville..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 656
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 200
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1223
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 656
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1605526
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 200
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1223
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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