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ID: 7029386
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7029386
Record Type:
physical
South Sea Islands (islands)
Note:
Refers to islands in the southern Pacific ocean. In some cases of usage, the term is used as a synonym for "Oceania." In TGN, "Oceania" is used to refer to the "continent" that includes Australia and many other smaller islands.
Names:
South Sea Islands
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
South Sea Islands
(islands) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
<Oceans>
(miscellaneous) (
P
)
........
Pacific Ocean
(ocean) (
P
)
............
South Sea Islands
(islands) (
P
)
Place Types:
islands (
preferred
,
C
)
general region (
C
)
Related geographic places:
distinguished from ....
Oceania
.......... (continent)
..................................
(World) [1000006]
..................................
in some classification systems, "Oceania" is considered a synonym for South Sea Islands
distinguished from ....
Pacific Islands
.......... (general region)
..................................
(World) [4000123]
Sources and Contributors:
South Sea Islands..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
................................
BHA, Authority file (1973-)
................................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1143
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1143
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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