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ID: 7029370
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7029370
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Great Lakes (lakes)  Great Lakes (lakes)

Coordinates:
Lat: 45 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 45.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 085 00 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -85.0000  decimal degrees

Bounding coordinates:
Lat: 43 09 25 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 43.1560  decimal degrees 
Lat: 48 48 46 N  degrees minutes    Lat: 48.0120  decimal degrees
Long: 082 29 53 W  degrees minutes   Long: -92.0160  decimal degrees
Long: 092 01 17 W  degrees minutes   Long: -82.4910  decimal degrees

Note: Chain of 5 large lakes (Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) in central North America running along Canada-USA border; was home to important Native American settlements; French arrived here in ca. 1615; supported commercial traffic since 19th century.

Names:
Great Lakes (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Great Lakes (lakes)  ........  Great Lakes (lakes) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Canada (nation)  ........  Canada (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Great Lakes (lakes)  ............  Great Lakes (lakes)
 
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 Great Lakes (lakes)  ............  Great Lakes (lakes) (P)

Place Types:
lakes (preferred, C)

Related geographic places:
related to ....  Great Lakes Region .......... (general region)
..................  (World, North and Central America) [3000034]

Sources and Contributors:
Great Lakes..........  [FDA, VP Preferred]
.......................  National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 461
Subject: .....  [FDA, VP]
..................  National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 461
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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