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Hierarchical form of a geographic name used as a subject added entry.
Subject added entries are assigned to a bibliographic record to provide access according to generally accepted cataloging and thesaurus-building rules.
$a - Country or larger entity
Name of a country or a larger political jurisdiction. It also contains the names of geographical areas/entities such as continents or hemispheres at a country level or higher. Subfield $a may be repeated for hierarchies when multiple levels are given, retaining the order highest-to-lowest.
| 662 | ##$aAntarctica.$2lcsh/naf | ||||||||
| 662 | ##$aJapan$cHokkaido$gAsahi-dake.$2pemracs | ||||||||
| 662 | ##$aWorld$aAsia$bJapan$gHokkaido (island)$gHokkaido (region)$cHokkaido (prefecture)$gAsahi-Dake.$2tgn | ||||||||
$b - First-order political jurisdiction
Name of a first-order political jurisdiction or division and, depending on the country, can include the names of states, provinces, territories, départements, etc.
| 662 | ##$bMaryland$cMontgomery$dSilver Spring.$2gnis | ||||||||
| 662 | ##$aWorld$aNorth and Central America$aUnited States$bMaryland$cMontgomery$dSilver Spring.$2tgn | ||||||||
$c - Intermediate political jurisdiction
Name of a second-order or lower political jurisdiction or division but not including towns or cities, and, depending on the country, can include the names of counties, islands, municipalities, prefectures, regions, etc. Subfield $c may be repeated for hierarchies when multiple levels are given, retaining the order highest-to-lowest.
| 662 | ##$bOntario$cEssex$dWindsor.$2cgnbd | ||||||||
| 662 | ##$aWorld$aNorth and Central America$aCanada$cOntario$dWindsor.$2tgn | ||||||||
$d - City
Name of a city or town.
| 662 | ##$aJapan (nation)$gKanto (region)$cTokyo (metropolis)$dTokyo (inhabited place)$fShibuya.$2tgn | ||||||||
$e - Relator term
Designation of the relationship between a hierarchical place name and the described materials.
$f - City subsection
Name of a smaller unit within a populated place, e.g., neighborhoods, parks or streets.
| 662 | ##$aUnited States$bCalifornia$cLos Angeles (County)$dLos Angeles$fLittle Tokyo.$2tgn | ||||||||
$g - Other nonjurisdictional geographic region and feature
Name of a terrestrial nonjurisdictional geographic entity, e.g., rivers, lakes, islands, mountains, etc. Subfield $g may be repeated for hierarchies when multiple levels are given, retaining the order highest-to-lowest.
| 662 | ##$aAfrica$gNile River$gSixth Cataract.$2tgn | ||||||||
$h - Extraterrestrial area
Name of any extraterrestrial entity or space and includes solar systems, galaxies, star systems, and planets as well as geographic features of individual planets, etc. Subfield $h may be repeated for hierarchies when multiple levels are given, retaining the order highest-to-lowest.
| 662 | ##$hMars$hValles Marineris.$2MARC code for Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | ||||||||
$0 - Authority record control number or standard number
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$1 - Real World Object URI
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$2 - Source of heading or term
MARC code that identifies the source list from which the heading or term was assigned. Code from: Subject Heading and Term Source Codes.
| 662 | ##$aUnited States$bNew York (State)$gNiagara Falls.$2lcsh/naf | ||||||||
| 662 | ##$aCanada$bOntario (Province)$gNiagara Falls.$2lcsh/naf | ||||||||
$4 - Relationship
Code or URI that specifies the relationship from the entity described in the record to the entity referenced in the field. A source of relationship codes is: MARC Code List for Relators.
$6 - Linkage
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
Subfield order - Subfields should be in descending order from highest level place to lowest level place.
Subfield $4 was renamed and redescribed to allow for the recording of relationship URIs in addition to MARC and non-MARC codes.