Cowes

Summary

Cowes is a town^[1]. Cowes ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cowes is located in Bass Coast Shire^[3].
• Cowes is in the country of Australia^[4].
• Cowes is on the body of water Western Port^[5].
• Cowes's image is recorded as Cowes Vic Jetty.jpg^[6].
• Cowes's image is recorded as Cowes.jpg^[7].
• Cowes's instance of is recorded as town^[8].
• Cowes's instance of is recorded as gazetted locality of Victoria^[9].
• Cowes's shares border with is recorded as Silverleaves^[10].
• Cowes's shares border with is recorded as Rhyll^[11].
• Cowes's shares border with is recorded as Sunset Strip^[12].
• Cowes's shares border with is recorded as Smiths Beach^[13].
• Cowes's shares border with is recorded as Ventnor^[14].
• Cowes's shares border with is recorded as Wimbledon Heights^[15].
• Cowes's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126976864^[16].
• Cowes's GND ID is recorded as 4499294-4^[17].
• Cowes's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no97033528^[18].
• Cowes's postal code is recorded as 3922^[19].
• Cowes's Commons category is recorded as Cowes, Victoria^[20].
• Cowes's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2451547^[21].
• Cowes's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+10:00^[22].
• Cowes's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+11:00^[23].
• Cowes's located in time zone is recorded as Australia/Melbourne^[24].
• Cowes's local dialing code is recorded as 03^[25].
• +1869-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cowes^[26].
• Cowes's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -38.45111111, 'lon': 145.24194444}^[27].

Body

Geography

Cowes is in the country of Australia^[4]. Cowes is located in Bass Coast Shire^[3]. Cowes is on the body of water Western Port^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Cowes's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+20.7'}^[28]. Cowes's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+28'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+4839'}^[30], {'amount': '+6593'}^[31], and {'amount': '+6797'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[8] and gazetted locality of Victoria^[9].

History and Context

+1869-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cowes^[26].

Why It Matters

Cowes ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).^[2] Cowes has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Cowes is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]