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ID: 7014105
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014105
Record Type:
physical
Ellis Island (island)
Coordinates:
Lat: 40 41 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 40.6833
decimal degrees
Long: 074 02 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -74.0333
decimal degrees
Note:
Noted as site of first landing for millions of immigrants to the USA; has been enlarged by landfill; Supreme Court ruling of 1998 gave all of the island to New Jersey, except original 3.3 acres.
Names:
Ellis Island
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C
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V
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Hierarchical Position:
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North and Central America
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United States
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New Jersey
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Hudson
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Ellis Island
(island) (
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Place Types:
island (
preferred
,
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Ellis Island..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
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Ellis Island, New York Times (1998)
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USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS34002040
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Subject:
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
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Ellis Island, New York Times (1998)
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USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS34002040
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
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English
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