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ID: 6002827
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6002827
Record Type:
physical
Fort James Island (island)
Coordinates:
Lat: 13 19 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 13.3160
decimal degrees
Long: 016 22 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -16.3660
decimal degrees
Note:
Fluvial island in the Gambia River; was site of early Portuguese, German, and British settlements in Gambia.
Names:
Fort James Island
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
James Island
(
C
,
V
)
St. Andrews Island
(
C
,
V
)
Kunta Kinteh Island
(
C
,
V
)
............
renamed in 2011
Hierarchical Position:
World
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....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
The Gambia
(nation) (
P
)
............
Fort James Island
(island) (
P
)
Place Types:
island (
preferred
,
C
)
fluvial island (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Fort James Island..........
[
VP
]
................................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 17 February 2015
James Island..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Gambia Tourist Office, Gambia (1990)
Kunta Kinteh Island..........
[
VP
]
...................................
Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
St. Andrews Island..........
[
VP
]
...................................
Gambia Tourist Office, Gambia (1990)
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Gambia Tourist Office, Gambia (1990)
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 17 February 2015
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Gambia Tourist Office, Gambia (1990)
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