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blowhole

geological phenomenon, holes in coastal rock formations through which sea water is forced by the tide or waves
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Summary

blowhole ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (427 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • blowhole is a type of coastal landform[2].
  • blowhole's Commons category is recorded as Blowholes[3].
  • blowhole's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blowholes[4].
  • blowhole's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as natural=blowhole[5].
  • blowhole's P14692 is recorded as American Bully[6].

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Definition and Type

blowhole is a type of coastal landform[2].

Why It Matters

blowhole ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (427 views/month).[1] blowhole has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] blowhole is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_blowhole-q885499_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{blowhole}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/blowhole-q885499}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Environment ontology id → 00000168
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'ha', 'ja', 'nl', 'nn', 'no', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Environment ontology id: 00000168, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143353871|blowhole (#143353871)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|Environment Ontol"
  2. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → American Bully
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → coastal landform
    Topic's main category → Category:Blowholes
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
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