| LC control no. | n 85231275 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Mariana Islands |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Mariana Islands |
| Variant(s) | Marianas Islas Marianas Ladrone Islands |
| See also | Guam Northern Mariana Islands |
| Found in | Marche, A.-A. The Mariana Islands, 1982: t.p. (Mariana Islands) Encyc. Brit. (hdg.: Mariana Islands, 16°00ʹN 145°30ʹE) Web. geog. dict. (Mariana Islands or commonly Marianas; consists of Northern Mariana Islands and Guam; formerly known as Ladrone Islands) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (island; 17°35ʹ55ʺN 145°50ʹ19ʺE) Columbia gaz. of the world, 1998 (s.v. Northern Mariana Islands; explored in 1521 by F. Magellan, who named them Ladrones Isls.; renamed Marianas by Span. Jesuits who arrived in 1668; possession of Spain until 1898; sold to Germany in 1899, except for Guam, which was ceded to U.S.; islands belonging to Germany seized by Japan in 1914 and mandated to Japan in 1920; included in U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in 1947) |
| Geographic area code | poxd--- |
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