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Afar triple junction

place where three tectonic rifts meet in East Africa
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Afar triple junction

Summary

Afar triple junction is a triple junction[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of triple_junction entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (87 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Afar triple junction's continent is recorded as Africa[3].
  • Afar triple junction's instance of is recorded as triple junction[4].
  • Afar triple junction's locator map image is recorded as Tectonical map of East Africa.png[5].
  • Afar triple junction's part of is recorded as divergent boundary[6].
  • Afar triple junction's Commons category is recorded as Afar Triple Junction[7].
  • Afar triple junction's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 11.5, 'lon': 43}[8].
  • Afar triple junction's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ynmrz[9].
  • Afar triple junction's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as the-afar-rift-afar-zone-1-ethiopia[10].

Body

Geography

Afar triple junction's continent is recorded as Africa[3]. Its part of is recorded as divergent boundary[6].

Designation and Status

Afar triple junction's instance of is recorded as triple junction[4].

Why It Matters

Afar triple junction ranks in the top 9% of triple_junction entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (87 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Afar triple junction. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/afar-triple-junction
MLA “Afar triple junction.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/afar-triple-junction.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_afar-triple-junction_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Afar triple junction}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/afar-triple-junction}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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