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ID: 7021011
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7021011
Record Type:
physical
Monument Valley (valley)
Coordinates:
Lat: 36 56 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 36.9333
decimal degrees
Long: 109 55 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -109.9167
decimal degrees
Note:
Area in NE Arizona and SE Utah; comprises a sandy plain from which rise red-sandstone buttes, mesas, and arches; name refers to the resemblance of these natural formations to crafted monuments.
Names:
Monument Valley
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English-P
,
U
,
N
)
Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii
(
C
,
V
,
Navajo-P
,
U
)
Land of Time and Room Enough
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
United States
(nation) (
P
)
............
Monument Valley
(valley) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
United States
(nation) (
P
)
............
Arizona
(state) (
P
)
................
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park
(tribal park) (
P
)
....................
Monument Valley
(valley) (
P
)
Place Types:
valley (
preferred
,
C
)
basin (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Land of Time and Room Enough..........
[
VP
]
...............................................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS4014970
Monument Valley..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.............................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS4014970
.............................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
789
Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii..........
[
VP
]
...................................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
...................................
National Park Service (1998-)
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS4014970
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
789
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
National Park Service (1998-)
The J. Paul Getty Trust
© 2004 J. Paul Getty Trust
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