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ID: 7015161
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7015161
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Alcatraz (island)  Alcatraz (island)

Coordinates:
Lat: 37 49 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 37.8167  decimal degrees
Long: 122 25 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -122.4167  decimal degrees

Note: Famous as site of prison, first for military offenders & Amerindian leaders 1868, & later as federal prison 1934-1968; state's first lighthouse built here 1854; occupied by militant Amerindians attempting to retake island from US government 1969-1971.

Names:
Alcatraz (preferred,C,V)
Alcatraz Island (C,V)
The Rock (C,V)
Isla de Alcatraces (H,V)
Pelican Island (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 United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of California (state)  ............  California (state) (P)
Hierarchy of San Francisco (county)  ................  San Francisco (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Alcatraz (island)  ....................  Alcatraz (island) (P)

Place Types:
island (preferred, C)
penal settlement (H)  ............  from 1934-1968

Sources and Contributors:
Alcatraz..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) 1:225
.................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS6000302
Alcatraz Island..........  [FDA, VP]
.............................  FDA Worksheet; unattributed contributor (1986-)
.............................  National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
Isla de Alcatraces..........  [VP]
...................................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 225
...................................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS6000302
Pelican Island..........  [VP]
.............................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS6000302
The Rock..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 225
.................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS6000302
Subject: .....  [FDA, VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 225; 1:225
..................  FDA Worksheet; unattributed contributor (1986-)
..................  National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS6000302
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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