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Candlemas Islands

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Candlemas Islands
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Facts

8 properties

Identity

Instance of
island group

Location

Country
United Kingdom[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -57.083°, -26.733°[6]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands[2]
Located in/on physical feature
South Sandwich Islands[7]
More facts +3
Located in
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Coordinates
🗺️ -57.083°, -26.733°
Named after
Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, Candlemas[4][5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Candlemas Islands de Candlemas Islands de Lichtmessinseln de Candlemasinseln de Lucifer Hill es Islas Candelaria es Archipielago Candelaria es Archipiélago Candelaria es Islas Candelarias es islas Candlemas it Isole Candlemas it Isole di Candlemas ja キャンドルマス諸島 ko 캔들마스 제도 zh 坎德爾默斯群島
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Freebase ID
/m/06mxw5
GNIS Antarctica ID
2366
GNS Unique Feature ID
-1,404,994
GeoNames ID
3426553
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
1009915

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🔗 Connections
← Located in/on physical feature 3
Candlemas Island, Vindication Island, Nelson Channel
Named after 2
Candlemas, Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
Country 1
United Kingdom
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Located in/on physical feature 1
South Sandwich Islands
← SNARC ID 1
Peter Guthrie Tait
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Summary

Candlemas Islands is an island group[1].

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History and Context

Things named after include Presentation of Jesus at the Temple[4], a gospel episode[8] and Candlemas[5], a holiday[9].

Related Entities

Peter Guthrie Tait United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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