Challenger Expedition

oceanic research expedition (1872–1876)
Organization oceanographic_cruise Q644521
Challenger Expedition
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Challenger Expedition

Summary

Challenger Expedition is an oceanographic cruise[1]. It draws 247 Wikipedia views per month (oceanographic_cruise category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Challenger Expedition's image is recorded as Challenger expedition.jpg[3].
  • Challenger Expedition's instance of is recorded as oceanographic cruise[4].
  • Challenger Expedition's item operated is recorded as HMS Challenger[5].
  • Challenger Expedition's followed by is recorded as Challenger Office[6].
  • Challenger Expedition's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 457149196272474790770[7].
  • Challenger Expedition's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr2003015598[8].
  • Challenger Expedition's Commons category is recorded as Challenger expedition[9].
  • Challenger Expedition's archives at is recorded as Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa[10].
  • Challenger Expedition's archives at is recorded as Royal Museums Greenwich[11].
  • Challenger Expedition's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[12].
  • Challenger Expedition's start time is recorded as +1872-12-07T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Challenger Expedition's end time is recorded as +1876-05-26T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Challenger Expedition's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0m3zx[15].
  • Challenger Expedition's participant is recorded as George Nares[16].
  • Challenger Expedition's participant is recorded as Frank Tourle Thomson[17].
  • Challenger Expedition's participant is recorded as Charles Wyville Thomson[18].
  • Challenger Expedition's participant is recorded as John Murray[19].
  • Challenger Expedition's participant is recorded as John Young Buchanan[20].
  • Challenger Expedition's participant is recorded as Henry Nottidge Moseley[21].
  • Challenger Expedition's participant is recorded as Rudolf von Willemoes-Suhm[22].
  • Challenger Expedition's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0017297[23].
  • Challenger Expedition's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24].
  • Challenger Expedition's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25].
  • Challenger Expedition's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[26].
  • Challenger Expedition's described by source is recorded as Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of HMS “Challenger” during the Years 1873–76, under the command of Captain George S Nares, RN, FRS, and the late Captain Frank T Thomson, RN[27].

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Identity

Challenger Expedition's followed by is recorded as Challenger Office[6].

Why It Matters

Challenger Expedition draws 247 Wikipedia views per month (oceanographic_cruise category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Collections Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . rmg.co.uk. Retrieved . rmg.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . A Select Bibliography of Scientific Expedition Reports held by the National Museum of New Zealand Library, Wellington with Historical and Descriptive Annotations. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . A Select Bibliography of Scientific Expedition Reports held by the National Museum of New Zealand Library, Wellington with Historical and Descriptive Annotations. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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