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ID: 1010363
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1010363
Record Type:
physical
Truk Islands (island group)
Coordinates:
Lat: 07 25 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 7.4167
decimal degrees
Long: 151 47 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 151.7833
decimal degrees
Note:
Comprises 11 major islands & several islets within a large lagoon, encircled by a reef with only a few navigable passes; formerly part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
Names:
Truk Islands
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Truk
(
C
,
V
)
Chuuk
(
C
,
V
)
Hogoleu Islands
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Oceania
(continent) (
P
)
........
Federated States of Micronesia
(nation) (
P
)
............
Chuuk
(state) (
P
)
................
Truk Islands
(island group) (
P
)
Place Types:
island group (
preferred
,
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Chuuk..........
[
VP
]
..............
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
plate 19
Hogoleu Islands..........
[
VP
]
.............................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1230
Truk..........
[
VP
]
...........
Britannica Book of the Year (1992)
660
...........
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
661
Truk Islands..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-179
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Britannica Book of the Year (1992)
660
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
661
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-179
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
plate 19
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1230
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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