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ID: 7020110
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7020110
Record Type:
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San Juan Islands (island group)
Coordinates:
Lat: 48 34 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 48.5667
decimal degrees
Long: 122 58 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -122.9667
decimal degrees
Note:
Comprising 172 islands formed by submerged mountains; Spanish explorer Francisco Eliza named islands in 1791; occupied by both Britain & USA after bloodless "Pig War" of 1859, precipitated by marauding British pig in American potato patch.
Names:
San Juan Islands
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C
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V
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Hierarchical Position:
World
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North and Central America
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United States
(nation) (
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Washington
(state) (
P
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San Juan
(county) (
P
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San Juan Islands
(island group) (
P
)
Place Types:
island group (
preferred
,
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
San Juan Islands..........
[
VP Preferred
]
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 392-393
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USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS53026627
Subject:
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VP
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 392-393
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS53026627
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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