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ID: 7015963
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7015963
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Borneo (island)  Borneo (island)

Coordinates:
Lat: 01 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 1.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 114 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 114.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Third largest island in the world; located in Malay Archipelago, east of Sumatra; divided into Brunei, two Malaysian states, and several Indonesian provinces; invaded from south India 5th century; visited by Portuguese, Dutch, and British beginning in 16th century.

Names:
Borneo (preferred,C,V)
Kalimantan (C,O)
Kalimanten (C,V)
Bornean (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Borneo (island)  ........  Borneo (island) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Greater Sunda Islands (island group)  ........  Greater Sunda Islands (island group) (P)
Hierarchy of Borneo (island)  ............  Borneo (island)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Malaysia (nation)  ........  Malaysia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Borneo (island)  ............  Borneo (island)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Malay Archipelago (islands)  ....  Malay Archipelago (islands) (P)
Hierarchy of Borneo (island)  ........  Borneo (island)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Indonesia (nation)  ........  Indonesia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Borneo (island)  ............  Borneo (island) (P)

Place Types:
island (preferred, C)
controlled region (H)  ............  British and Dutch, 19th century; Japanese, 1941-1945

Sources and Contributors:
Bornean..........  [VP]
.................  Oxford English Dictionary [online] (2002-) accessed 18 January 2008
Borneo..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 26 April 2017
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) plate 17
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 338
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 163
Kalimantan..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 26 April 2017
.......................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 346
Kalimanten..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 26 April 2017
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 23 June 2015
..................  Oxford English Dictionary [online] (2002-) accessed 18 January 2008
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) plate 17
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 338; 346
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 163
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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