Cape Agulhas

headland in the Western Cape, South Africa, the southernmost point of mainland Africa
Place cape Q4085
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Cape Agulhas

Summary

Cape Agulhas is a cape[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of cape entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (636 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cape Agulhas is located in Cape Agulhas Local Municipality[3].
  • Cape Agulhas is in the country of South Africa[4].
  • Cape Agulhas is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean[5].
  • Cape Agulhas is on the body of water Indian Ocean[6].
  • Cape Agulhas's image is recorded as Agulhas.jpg[7].
  • Cape Agulhas's instance of is recorded as cape[8].
  • Cape Agulhas's instance of is recorded as headland[9].
  • Cape Agulhas's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 1839151112563937180009[10].
  • Cape Agulhas's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 305322620[11].
  • Cape Agulhas's GND ID is recorded as 104316300X[12].
  • Cape Agulhas's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2017000149[13].
  • Cape Agulhas's Commons category is recorded as Cape Agulhas[14].
  • Cape Agulhas's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -34.833333333333, 'lon': 20.002541666667}[15].
  • Cape Agulhas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01s6pm[16].
  • Cape Agulhas's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX6377576[17].
  • Cape Agulhas's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0001181[18].
  • Cape Agulhas's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[19].
  • Cape Agulhas's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • Cape Agulhas's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21].
  • Cape Agulhas's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Cape-Agulhas[22].
  • Cape Agulhas's GeoNames ID is recorded as 1023516[23].
  • Cape Agulhas's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cape Agulhas'}[24].
  • Cape Agulhas's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}[25].
  • Cape Agulhas's FAST ID is recorded as 1983111[26].
  • Cape Agulhas's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 1999758[27].

Body

Geography

Cape Agulhas is in the country of South Africa[4]. It is located in Cape Agulhas Local Municipality[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Atlantic Ocean[5], an ocean[28] and Indian Ocean[6], an ocean[29].

Physical Characteristics

Cape Agulhas's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}[25].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include cape[8] and headland[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Cape Agulhas include Agulhas Current[30], an ocean current[31] and Cape Agulhas Local Municipality[32], a local municipality of South Africa[33], in South Africa[34], founded in 2000[35].

Why It Matters

Cape Agulhas ranks in the top 2% of cape entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (636 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for it include Agulhas Current[30], an ocean current[31] and Cape Agulhas Local Municipality[32], a local municipality of South Africa[33], in South Africa[34], founded in 2000[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . 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. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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