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ID: 7005136
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005136
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Saint Thomas (island)  Saint Thomas (island)

Coordinates:
Lat: 18 21 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 18.3500  decimal degrees
Long: 064 56 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -64.9333  decimal degrees

Note: Second in size of Virgin Islands of the United States, though commercially most important; of volcanic origin; sighted and named by Columbus in 1493; settled by Dutch 1657, then abandoned; settled by Danes 1666 and 1672.

Names:
Saint Thomas (preferred,C,V)
St. Thomas (C,V)
Saint Thomas Island (C,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Virgin Islands of the United States (dependent state)  ........  Virgin Islands of the United States (dependent state) (P)
Hierarchy of Saint Thomas (island)  ............  Saint Thomas (island) (P)

Place Types:
island (preferred, C)
first level subdivision (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Saint Thomas..........  [FDA, VP Preferred]
.......................  National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
.......................  USGS, Geographic Names System [online] (1998-)
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Saint Thomas Island..........  [VP]
...................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 7267904
St. Thomas..........  [VP]
.......................  Eagle Eye Maps, St. Thomas (1994)
Subject: .....  [FDA, VP]
..................  Eagle Eye Maps, St. Thomas (1994)
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 7267904
..................  National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
..................  USGS, Geographic Names System [online] (1998-)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Thomas,_U.S._Virgin_Islands
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)

 

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