| LC control no. | n 90678555 |
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| Geographic heading | Chatham Islands (N.Z.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | New Zealand--Chatham Islands |
| Variant(s) | Chatham Islands County (N.Z.) County of Chatham Islands (N.Z.) Rēkohu (N.Z.) Rākohu (N.Z.) Wharekauri (N.Z.) Whare Kauri (N.Z.) Chatham Islands Nomenclature (N.Z.) Chatham Islands Territory (N.Z.) |
| Found in | Statesman's yrbk., 1989-90: p. 915, etc. (Chatham Islands, N.Z. county) Chatham Islands County (N.Z.). County Council. Audited statement of accounts, 1978 p. 1 (County of Chatham Islands) GEOnet, Nov. 18, 2008 (Chatham Islands [short name] County--ADM1, 44°00ʹ S 176°30ʹ W) Wikipedia, Nov. 12, 2008 (The archipelago of the Chatham Islands (Rekohu in the Moriori language and Wharekauri in the Māori language), is a territory of New Zealand and consists of about 10 islands within a 40-km radius. The remote islands, located over 800 kilometers east of southern New Zealand, have officially belonged to the country since 1842; 1995: The Chatham Islands County was dissolved and reconstituted, by a specific Act of Parliament, as the "Chatham Islands Territory" with powers similar to those of territorial authorities and some functions similar to those of a regional council) New Zealand gazetteer of official geographic names, offshore islands, Nov. 18, 2008 (Chatham Islands Nomenclature--Misc, 43°50ʹS 176°30ʹW) Statoids, Nov. 18, 2008 (primary divisions: Chatham Islands--territorial authority) Col. gaz. of the world, Nov. 18, 2008 (Chatham Islands; island group, N.Z.; after 1989 reorganization, Chatham Isls. remain only co. in N.Z.) New Zealand official yearbook, 1995 p. 78 (Territorial authorities [include] 1 county council (Chatham Islands) p. 79 (Chatham Islands County); 1996: p. 54 (Territorial authorities [include] the Chatham Islands Council; Chatham Islands Territory) The Reed dictionary of modern Māori, 1995 p. 217 (Rēkohu, Chatham Islands (original name)) p. 316 (Whare Kauri, Chatham Islands, Rākohu) |
| Geographic area code | u-nz--- |
| Invalid LCCN | sh 87002604 |
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