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ID: 1101364
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1101364
Record Type:
administrative
Acadia National Park (national park)
Coordinates:
Lat: 44 21 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 44.3500
decimal degrees
Long: 068 17 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -68.2833
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on the Atlantic coast of Maine, astride Frenchman Bay; comprises rugged forested area on Mount Desert Island, half of Isle au Haut, & the Schoodic Peninsula on the mainland; noted for abundant flora, fauna & marine life.
Names:
Acadia National Park
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
............
renamed in 1929 to preserve the historic name given to the region by the De Monts Commission in 1604
Lafayette National Park
(
H
,
V
)
............
1919 to 1929
Sieur de Monts National Monument
(
H
,
V
)
............
original name when established in 1916
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
United States
(nation) (
P
)
............
Maine
(state) (
P
)
................
Hancock
(county) (
P
)
....................
Acadia National Park
(national park) (
P
)
Place Types:
national park (
preferred
,
C
)
............
became first national park in the eastern US in 1919
Sources and Contributors:
Acadia National Park..........
[
VP Preferred
]
...................................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
I, 51
...................................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS23020135
Lafayette National Park..........
[
VP
]
.........................................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
I, 51
Sieur de Monts National Monument..........
[
VP
]
.....................................................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
I, 51
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
I, 51
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS23020135
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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