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Antarctic ice sheet

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Antarctic ice sheet

Summary

Antarctic ice sheet is a polar ice cap[1]. It draws 422 Wikipedia views per month (polar_ice_cap category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Antarctic ice sheet is located in Antarctic Treaty area[3].
  • Antarctic ice sheet's image is recorded as Antarctic-interglacial hg.png[4].
  • Antarctic ice sheet's continent is recorded as Antarctica[5].
  • Antarctic ice sheet's instance of is recorded as polar ice cap[6].
  • Antarctic ice sheet's instance of is recorded as ice sheet[7].
  • Antarctic ice sheet's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -90, 'lon': 0}[8].
  • Antarctic ice sheet's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04c37q[9].
  • Antarctic ice sheet's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Antarctica[10].
  • Antarctic ice sheet's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Antarctic-Ice-Sheet[11].
  • Antarctic ice sheet's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780223605[12].
  • Antarctic ice sheet's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2780223605[13].

Body

Geography

Antarctic ice sheet is located in Antarctic Treaty area[3]. Its continent is recorded as Antarctica[5].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include polar ice cap[6] and ice sheet[7].

Why It Matters

Antarctic ice sheet draws 422 Wikipedia views per month (polar_ice_cap category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → polar ice cap, ice sheet
    Continent → Antarctica
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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