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ID: 7011319
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7011319
Record Type:
administrative
Torquay (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 50 27 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 50.4500
decimal degrees
Long: 003 30 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -3.5000
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on Tor Bay, ENE of Plymouth; temperate climate has made town a popular seaside resort & sailing area.
Names:
Torquay
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English
,
U
)
Torbay
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
)
............
England
(country) (
P
)
................
Devon
(county) (
P
)
....................
Torbay
(unitary authority) (
P
)
........................
Torquay
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
town (
C
)
resort center (
C
)
administrative center (
C
)
............
administrative center of the unitary authority since 1998
regional capital (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Torbay..........
[
VP
]
.................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-177
Torquay..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
655
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
200
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
655
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2610007
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-177
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
200
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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