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ID: 7015678
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7015678
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Pearl Harbor (harbor)  Pearl Harbor (harbor)

Coordinates:
Lat: 21 21 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 21.3500  decimal degrees
Long: 157 58 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -157.9667  decimal degrees

Note: Infamous as site of surprise Japanese air attack in 1941 that instigated US involvement in WW II & temporarily crippled US fleet; site of Pearl Harbor Naval Base & remains of US Arizona, ship that sunk during attack & became a national memorial in 1962.

Names:
Pearl Harbor (preferred,C,V)
Wai Momi (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Hawaii (state)  ............  Hawaii (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Honolulu (county)  ................  Honolulu (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Oahu (island)  ....................  Oahu (island) (P)
Hierarchy of Pearl Harbor (harbor)  ........................  Pearl Harbor (harbor) (P)

Place Types:
harbor (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Pearl Harbor..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 227
.......................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS15005177
Wai Momi..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 227
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 227
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS15005177
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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