Crete

Summary

Crete is an island^[1]. Crete ranks in the top 0.096% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,456 views/month, #7 of 7,296).^[2]

Key Facts

• Crete is located in Crete Region^[3].
• Crete is in the country of Greece^[4].
• Crete is on the body of water Mediterranean Sea^[5].
• Crete is on the body of water Sea of Crete^[6].
• Crete is on the body of water Libyan Sea^[7].
• Crete's image is recorded as Crete Nasa.jpg^[8].
• Crete's instance of is recorded as island^[9].
• Crete's instance of is recorded as traditional geographic divisions of Greece^[10].
• Crete's capital is recorded as Heraklion^[11].
• Crete's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 237254468^[12].
• Crete's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 151226384^[13].
• Crete's GND ID is recorded as 4073791-3^[14].
• Crete's locator map image is recorded as Crete location - Greece.svg^[15].
• Crete's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79150324^[16].
• Crete's IdRef ID is recorded as 027297810^[17].
• Crete's location is recorded as Aegean Sea^[18].
• Crete's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00628446^[19].
• Crete's Commons category is recorded as Crete^[20].
• Crete's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 453129^[21].
• Crete's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[22].
• Crete's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[23].
• Crete's local dialing code is recorded as 2821^[24].
• Crete's highest point is recorded as Mount Ida^[25].
• Crete's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.309722222222, 'lon': 24.893333333333}^[26].
• Crete's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01xyy^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Crete include Cretan dwarf mammoth^[28], a fossil taxon^[29]; Crete Mediterranean forests^[30], a WWF ecoregion^[31], in Greece^[32]; Eryngium creticum^[33], a taxon^[34]; Arenaria cretica^[35], a taxon^[36]; and Lecokia cretica^[37], a taxon^[38].

Why It Matters

Crete ranks in the top 0.096% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,456 views/month, #7 of 7,296).^[2] Crete has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] Crete is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for Crete include Cretan dwarf mammoth^[28], a fossil taxon^[29]; Crete Mediterranean forests^[30], a WWF ecoregion^[31], in Greece^[32]; Eryngium creticum^[33], a taxon^[34]; Arenaria cretica^[35], a taxon^[36]; and Lecokia cretica^[37], a taxon^[38].