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ID: 7029366
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7029366
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Kanton (island)  Kanton (island)

Coordinates:
Lat: 02 50 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -2.8333  decimal degrees
Long: 171 40 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -171.6667  decimal degrees

Note: It was sighted in the early 19th century, and later became a base for seaplanes & airplanes. With Enderbury Atoll, it was jointly administered by the US and Britain from 1929 to 1979. It was the site of an important expedition observing a total solar eclipse on June 8, 1937.

Names:
Kanton (preferred,C,V)  ............ spelling was changed from "Canton" in 1979
Canton (C,V)  ............ named for an American whaling ship wrecked there in 1854
Mary Island (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Oceania (continent)  ....  Oceania (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Kiribati (nation)  ........  Kiribati (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Kanton (island)  ............  Kanton (island) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Oceania (continent)  ....  Oceania (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Kiribati (nation)  ........  Kiribati (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Phoenix Islands (island group)  ............  Phoenix Islands (island group) (P)
Hierarchy of Kanton (island)  ................  Kanton (island) (P)

Place Types:
island (preferred, C)
military center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Canton..........  [BHA, VP]
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 39
Kanton..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 216-217
Mary Island..........  [VP]
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 216
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 39
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 216; 216-217
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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