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ID: 7593230
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7593230
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Mangareva (island)  Mangareva (island)

Coordinates:
Lat: 23 05 57 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -23.0990  decimal degrees
Long: 134 58 01 W  degrees minutes   Long: -134.9660  decimal degrees

Note: The principal inhabited group of the Gambier Islands comprises the volcanic islets Mangareva (Magareva), Taravai, Akamaru, and Aukena. Mangareva is 5 miles (8 km), encircled by a barrier reef, rises to approximately 1,444 feet (440 metres) in the peaks Duff and Mokoto; Rikitea, the chief village, with St. Michael’s Cathedral (1834–71), is on its eastern side.

Names:
Mangareva, Île (preferred,C,V,index)
Île Mangareva (C,V,display)
Mangareva (C,V,English-P,U)
Mangarevan (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Oceania (continent)  ....  Oceania (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of French Polynesia (dependent state)  ........  French Polynesia (dependent state) (P)
Hierarchy of Tuamotu-Gambier, Îles (first level subdivision)  ............  Tuamotu-Gambier, Îles (first level subdivision) (P)
Hierarchy of Mangareva (island)  ................  Mangareva (island) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Oceania (continent)  ....  Oceania (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of French Polynesia (dependent state)  ........  French Polynesia (dependent state) (P)
Hierarchy of Gambier Islands (island group)  ............  Gambier Islands (island group) (P)
Hierarchy of Mangareva (island)  ................  Mangareva (island) (P)

Place Types:
island (preferred, C)
volcanic landform (C)
islet (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Île Mangareva..........  [VP]
..........................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 24 October 2013
Mangareva..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) "Gambier Islands;" accessed 24 October 2013
Mangareva, Île..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
Mangarevan..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) "Gambier Islands;" accessed 24 October 2013

 

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