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ID: 7018638
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7018638

 

Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Yam HaMelaẖ (salt lake)  Yam HaMelaẖ (salt lake)

Coordinates:
Lat: 31 30 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 31.5000  decimal degrees
Long: 035 30 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 35.5000  decimal degrees

Note: Fed by Jordan river and has no outlet; is the lowest point on the earth's surface: 1,300 feet below the level of the Mediterranean Sea; was prominent in biblical history, including site of ancient Sodom and Gomorrah.

Names:
Yam HaMelaẖ (preferred,C,V)
Mayyit, Al Baḩr al (C,V)
Al Baḩr al Mayyit (C,V)
Dead Sea (C,O,English-P,U,N)
Mayyit, Al-Baḥr al- (C,V)
Al-Baḥr al-Mayyit (C,V)
HaMelah, Yam (C,V)
Yam HaMelah (C,V)
Yam Hamela (C,V)
Yam-Ha-Melah (C,V)
Bahret Lut (C,V)
Bareht Lut (C,V)
Al-Bahr (C,V)
Al-Mayyit (C,V)
Muerto, Mar (C,O)
Mer Morte (C,O)
Lacus Asphaltites (H,V)
East Sea (H,O)
Salt Sea (H,O)
Sea of the Plain (H,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Yam HaMelaẖ (salt lake)  ........  Yam HaMelaẖ (salt lake) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Aḍ Ḍaffah al Gharbīyah (occupied territory)  ........  Aḍ Ḍaffah al Gharbīyah (occupied territory) (P)
Hierarchy of Yam HaMelaẖ (salt lake)  ............  Yam HaMelaẖ (salt lake)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Yisra'el (nation)  ........  Yisra'el (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Yam HaMelaẖ (salt lake)  ............  Yam HaMelaẖ (salt lake)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al Urdun (nation)  ........  Al Urdun (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Yam HaMelaẖ (salt lake)  ............  Yam HaMelaẖ (salt lake) (P)

Place Types:
salt lake (preferred, C)
lake (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Al-Bahr..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 229-230
Al-Baḥr al-Mayyit..........  [VP]
................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Al Baḩr al Mayyit..........  [VP]
................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 19 October 2015
Al-Mayyit..........  [VP]
....................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 229-230
Bahret Lut..........  [VP]
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 319
Bareht Lut..........  [VP]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 229-230
Dead Sea..........  [BHA, VP]
.................  Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990)
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 229-230
.................  Grande Encyclopédie Larousse (1983)
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 19 October 2015
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
East Sea..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 229-230
HaMelah, Yam..........  [VP]
.......................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-62
Lacus Asphaltites..........  [VP]
................................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 319
Mayyit, Al-Baḥr al-..........  [VP]
...................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Mayyit, Al Baḩr al..........  [VP]
...................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Mer Morte..........  [BHA]
....................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
Muerto, Mar..........  [VP]
.......................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-117
Salt Sea..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 229-230
Sea of the Plain..........  [VP]
.............................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 229-230
Yam Hamela..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) plate 35
Yam HaMelaẖ..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 19 October 2015
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Yam-Ha-Melah..........  [VP]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 229-230
Yam HaMelah..........  [VP]
.......................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................  Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 229-230
..................  Grande Encyclopédie Larousse (1983)
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 19 October 2015
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-117; I-62
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) plate 35
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 319
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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