Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/8677
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishHowland IslandGetty thesaurus of geographic names   
PlaceType Possession 
Latitude 0° 47' 58" N (0.7994455°)  
Longitude 176° 38' 13.6" W (-176.6371°)  
Precision 1218 meter 
Min. Lat 0° 47' 25" N (0.7903°)  
Min. Long 176° 38' 35.2" W (-176.6431°)  
Max. Lat 0° 48' 31" N (0.8086°)  
Max. Long 176° 37' 52" W (-176.6311°)  
Source Getty thesaurus of geographic names, available online at http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn
Relations 
Part of  Oceania (Continent)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  United States Minor Outlying Islands (Archipelago)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Howland and Baker islands (Atoll)  [view hierarchy]   
Administrative part of  United States (Nation)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2005-08-02 08:51:28 by Deckers Pieter
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