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ID: 7002047
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002047
Record Type:
physical
Tarawa (atoll)
Coordinates:
Lat: 01 30 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 1.5000
decimal degrees
Long: 173 00 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 173.0000
decimal degrees
Note:
Contains nations capital (Bairiki); site of Bonriki airport.
Names:
Tarawa
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Oceania
(continent) (
P
)
........
Kiribati
(nation) (
P
)
............
Tarawa
(atoll) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Oceania
(continent) (
P
)
........
Kiribati
(nation) (
P
)
............
Kiribati
(island group) (
P
)
................
Tarawa
(atoll) (
P
)
Place Types:
atoll (
preferred
,
C
)
disputed territory (
H
)
............
occupied by Japan, 1942; seized by US Marines, 1943
Sources and Contributors:
Tarawa..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
636
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
194
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
1188
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
636
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
194
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
1188
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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