Cook Strait

Summary

Cook Strait is a strait^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of strait entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (524 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cook Strait is in the country of New Zealand^[3].
• Cook Strait's image is recorded as Cook Strait and Marlborough Sounds from Mount Kaukau.jpg^[4].
• Cook Strait's instance of is recorded as strait^[5].
• James Cook is named after Cook Strait^[6].
• Cook Strait's inflows is recorded as Awatere River^[7].
• Cook Strait's inflows is recorded as Opouawe River^[8].
• Cook Strait's inflows is recorded as Ōterei River^[9].
• Cook Strait's inflows is recorded as Whawanui River^[10].
• Cook Strait's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 248258649^[11].
• Cook Strait's GND ID is recorded as 4398375-3^[12].
• Cook Strait's Commons category is recorded as Cook Strait^[13].
• Cook Strait's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -41.229444444444, 'lon': 174.48305555556}^[14].
• Cook Strait's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0jh01^[15].
• Cook Strait's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge445885^[16].
• Cook Strait's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cook Strait^[17].
• Cook Strait's Commons gallery is recorded as Cook Strait^[18].
• Cook Strait's page banner is recorded as Cook Strait Ferries banner Interislander and Bluebridge at Picton.jpg^[19].
• Cook Strait's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX6208143^[20].
• Cook Strait's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0019651^[21].
• Cook Strait's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[22].
• Cook Strait's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[23].
• Cook Strait's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[24].
• Cook Strait's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Cook-Strait^[25].
• Cook Strait's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2194167^[26].
• Cook Strait's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7001818^[27].

Body

Geography

Cook Strait is in the country of New Zealand^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Cook Strait's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0'}^[28].

Designation and Status

Cook Strait's instance of is recorded as strait^[5].

History and Context

James Cook is named after Cook Strait^[6].

Why It Matters

Cook Strait ranks in the top 6% of strait entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (524 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29]