Altmark Incident

1940 WW II naval incident between British and German ships
Event battle Q177283
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Altmark Incident

Summary

Altmark Incident is a battle[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of battle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (113 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Altmark Incident is in the country of Norway[3].
  • Altmark Incident's image is recorded as Altmark in Jøssingfjord.jpg[4].
  • Altmark Incident's instance of is recorded as battle[5].
  • Altmark Incident's location is recorded as Jøssingfjord[6].
  • Altmark Incident's part of is recorded as World War II[7].
  • Altmark Incident's Commons category is recorded as Altmark (ship, 1937)[8].
  • Altmark Incident's point in time is recorded as +1940-02-16T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Altmark Incident's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 58.316944444444, 'lon': 6.3363888888889}[10].
  • Altmark Incident's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03kr7g[11].
  • Altmark Incident's participant is recorded as United Kingdom[12].
  • Altmark Incident's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Altmark-saken[13].
  • Altmark Incident's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["HistoricalEvent", "GermanTankerAltmarkBoardedBritishSailors"][14].
  • Altmark Incident's Lex ID is recorded as Altmarkaffæren[15].

Why It Matters

Altmark Incident ranks in the top 7% of battle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (113 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Altmark Incident. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/altmark-incident
MLA “Altmark Incident.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/altmark-incident.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_altmark-incident_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Altmark Incident}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/altmark-incident}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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