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530:near
437:Latin
364:Grass
358:1,050
353:3,445
347:13/31
339:Grass
333:1,003
328:3,291
308:1,580
303:5,184
1101:Gore
470:NZWG
466:ICAO
425:Type
247:NZWG
175:AMSL
123:NZWG
118:ICAO
111:none
107:IATA
806:in
288:ft
223:Map
45:by
1483::
1466:—
468::
439::
291:m
120::
109::
796:e
789:t
782:v
727:e
720:t
713:v
464:(
72:)
66:(
61:)
57:(
39:.
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