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ID: 7017508
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http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7017508
Record Type:
physical
Leeward Islands (island group)
Note:
Chain of islets, rocks & shoals extending 1250 miles WNW from the main islands of Hawaii; all except Midway are uninhabited & constitute the Hawaiian Islands Bird Reservation, set aside by the US goverment in 1909 as a bird sanctuary.
Names:
Leeward Islands
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
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North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
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United States
(nation) (
P
)
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Hawaii
(state) (
P
)
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Honolulu
(county) (
P
)
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Leeward Islands
(island group) (
P
)
Place Types:
island group (
preferred
,
C
)
............
charted by Europeans in 1859; under jurisdiction of Honolulu county
Sources and Contributors:
Leeward Islands..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.............................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
658
Subject:
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[
VP
]
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
658
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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