Americas

Summary

Americas is a supercontinent^[1]. Americas ranks in the top 7% of supercontinent entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,916 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Americas is credited with the discovery of Christopher Columbus^[3].
• Americas's instance of is recorded as supercontinent^[4].
• Americas's instance of is recorded as part of the world^[5].
• Americas's instance of is recorded as continent^[6].
• Amerigo Vespucci is named after Americas^[7].
• Darien Gap is named after Americas^[8].
• Americas is part of Earth's surface^[9].
• Americas is part of Earth^[10].
• Americas's Commons category is recorded as Americas^[11].
• Americas's said to be the same as is recorded as New World^[12].
• Americas comprises South America^[13].
• Americas comprises North America^[14].
• Americas comprises Central America^[15].
• Americas comprises Latin America and the Caribbean^[16].
• Americas's time of discovery or invention is recorded as October 12, 1492^[17].
• Americas's time of discovery or invention is recorded as -30000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Americas's highest point is recorded as Aconcagua^[19].
• Americas's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 19, 'lon': -96}^[20].
• Americas's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Americas^[21].
• Americas's Commons gallery is recorded as America^[22].
• Americas has a population of {'amount': '+1035298985'}^[23].
• Americas has a population of {'amount': '+1055385441'}^[24].
• Americas's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Americas^[25].
• Americas's coordinates of northernmost point is recorded as {'lat': 83.11138888888888, 'lon': -69.95833333333333}^[26].
• Americas's coordinates of southernmost point is recorded as {'lat': -56.53826111111111, 'lon': -68.72005}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Americas is credited with the discovery of Christopher Columbus^[3]. Things named for Americas include United States^[28], a sovereign state^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1776^[31]; Confederate States of America^[32], a historical unrecognized state^[33], in Confederate States of America^[34], founded in 1861^[35]; Circuit of the Americas^[36], a motorsport racing track^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 2010^[39]; americium^[40], a chemical element^[41]; American^[42], a word^[43]; Euramerica^[44], a supercontinent^[45]; Holambra^[46], a municipality of Brazil^[47], in Brazil^[48], founded in 1993^[49]; and America^[50].

Why It Matters

Americas ranks in the top 7% of supercontinent entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,916 views/month).^[2] Americas has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[51] Americas is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[52]

Entities named for Americas include United States^[28], a sovereign state^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1776^[31]; Confederate States of America^[32], a historical unrecognized state^[33], in Confederate States of America^[34], founded in 1861^[35]; Circuit of the Americas^[36], a motorsport racing track^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 2010^[39]; americium^[40], a chemical element^[41]; American^[42], a word^[43]; and Euramerica^[44], a supercontinent^[45].