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ID: 7006626
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7006626

 

Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Saaremaa (island)  Saaremaa (island)

Coordinates:
Lat: 58 24 48 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 58.4130  decimal degrees
Long: 022 49 47 E  degrees minutes   Long: 22.8300  decimal degrees

Note: Located in the East Baltic Sea. Saaremaa was conquered by the Teutonic Knights of the Sword in 1227 CE, and later ruled by Livonian knights until 1560. The island was ruled by Denmark, Sweden, and Russia (from 1721), then passed to Estonia in 1918.

Names:
Saaremaa (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
Sämsala (C,V)
Somu Sala (C,V)
Sarema, Ostrov (C,V)
Sarema (C,O)
Sāmu Sala (C,V)
Saarenmaa (C,V)
Saaremaa, Ostrov (C,V)
Saare (C,O)
Osel Island (C,V)
Ösel, Insel (C,V)
Ösel (C,O)
Oesel Island (C,V)
Oesel (C,O)
Ezel', Ostrov (C,V)
Ezel' (C,V)
Ezel (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Estonia (nation)  ........  Estonia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Saaremaa (county)  ............  Saaremaa (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Saaremaa (island)  ................  Saaremaa (island) (P)

Place Types:
island (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Ezel..........  [VP]
...........  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 797
Ezel'..........  [VP]
..............  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 30 October 2006
Ezel', Ostrov..........  [VP]
..........................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 30 October 2006
Oesel..........  [VP]
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1040
Oesel Island..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 30 October 2006
Ösel..........  [VP]
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 169
Ösel, Insel..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 30 October 2006
Osel Island..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 30 October 2006
Saare..........  [BHA]
..............  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
Saaremaa..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 30 October 2006
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Saaremaa, Ostrov..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 30 October 2006
Saarenmaa..........  [VP]
....................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 30 October 2006
Sämsala..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 30 October 2006
Sāmu Sala..........  [VP]
....................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 30 October 2006
Sarema..........  [BHA]
.................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
Sarema, Ostrov..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 30 October 2006
Somu Sala..........  [VP]
....................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 30 October 2006
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 797
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 30 October 2006
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 169
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1040
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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