Antarctic Circumpolar Current

ocean current that flows clockwise from west to east around Antarctica
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Antarctic Circumpolar Current
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Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Summary

Antarctic Circumpolar Current is an ocean current[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of ocean_current entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (477 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean[3].
  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current is on the body of water Indian Ocean[4].
  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current is on the body of water Pacific Ocean[5].
  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current is on the body of water Southern Ocean[6].
  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current's image is recorded as Antarctic Circumpolar Current.jpg[7].
  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current's continent is recorded as Antarctica[8].
  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current's instance of is recorded as ocean current[9].
  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current's Commons category is recorded as Antarctic Circumpolar Current[10].
  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0w22[11].
  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0272399[12].
  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Antarctic-Circumpolar-Current[13].
  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 695859[14].
  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Sørishavsstrømmen[15].
  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[16].
  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[17].
  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3869833[18].
  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current's Mapy.com ID is recorded as area&id=512616[19].
  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 155182[20].
  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 22215[21].
  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as corrent-circumpolar[22].

Body

Geography

Adjacent water bodies include Atlantic Ocean[3], an ocean[23]; Indian Ocean[4], an ocean[24]; Pacific Ocean[5], an ocean[25]; and Southern Ocean[6], an ocean[26]. Antarctic Circumpolar Current's continent is recorded as Antarctica[8].

Designation and Status

Antarctic Circumpolar Current's instance of is recorded as ocean current[9].

Why It Matters

Antarctic Circumpolar Current ranks in the top 5% of ocean_current entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (477 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . 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.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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