![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
Research Home
Tools Thesaurus of Geographic Names Full Record Display
|
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![Thesaurus of Geographic Names Full Record Display](/research/tools/vocabularies/images/header_tgn_record_display.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![Previous Page](/research/tools/vocabularies/images/previous_page.gif) |
![Help](/global/images/global_help.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
Vernacular Display | English Display |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
Click the icon to view the hierarchy. |
|
![Hierarchy of Kanto (region (geographic))](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Kanto (region (geographic)) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 36 15 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.2500 decimal degrees |
Long: 139 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 139.5000 decimal degrees |
|
Names: |
|
Kanto (preferred,C,V,O,Spanish)
|
Kantō (C,V)
|
Kantō-chihō (C,V,Japanese-P)
|
Kantō District (C,O,English-P)
|
East of the Barrier (C,U,English)
|
Kwanto (C,U,Japanese)
|
Quanto (C,U,Japanese)
|
関東地方 (C,U,Japanese)
|
|
Hierarchical Position: |
|
![Hierarchy of Asia (continent)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
.... |
Asia (continent) (P) |
![Hierarchy of Kanto (region (geographic))](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
............ |
Kanto (region (geographic)) (P) |
|
Additional Parents: |
|
![Hierarchy of Asia (continent)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
.... |
Asia (continent) (P) |
![Hierarchy of Kanto (region (geographic))](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
................ |
Kanto (region (geographic)) (P) |
|
Place Types: |
|
region (geographic) (preferred, C) |
|
region (administrative division) (H) |
............ |
established as chihō 1905 |
general region (C) |
|
|
Sources and Contributors: |
|
|
|
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![New Search](/global/images/global_new_search.gif) |