| LC control no. | sh2012000446 |
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| Geographic heading | Salsette Island (India) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | India--Salsette Island |
| Variant(s) | Sāshti (India) Sashty (India) |
| See also | Islands--India |
| Found in | Work cat.: Saldanha, J.A. The law of Salsette land and town development, 1917: p. ii (island of Salsette derives its name from Sashti; the word Sashti was corrupted by the Portuguese into Salsette) p. 4 (The island of Sashty (corrupted by the Portuguese into Salsette)) GEOnet, Feb. 1, 2012 (Salsette Island; variants: Salsette, Sāshti; island, India, Mahārāshtra, 19°12ʹ00ʺN 072°54ʹ00ʺE, 19.2° 72.9°) Wikipedia, Feb. 1, 2012 (Salsette Island (Marathi: Sashti [in rom.]) is an island in Maharashtra state on India's west coast. The metropolis of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) and the city of Thane lie on this island, making it the 14th most populous island and the fourth most densely populated island in the world; the present island was formerly made up of several smaller islands, which were joined together during the 19th and early 20th centuries to form a single island; city of Mumbai lies on a peninsula on the southern end of the island, and Mumbai's suburbs cover much of the remainder of the island. The city of Thane lies at the island's north-eastern corner, on Thane Creek. Politically, most of the island falls into the municipality of Mumbai) |
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