Deepwater Horizon oil spill

oil spill that began in April 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico
Event oil_spill Q4735638
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
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Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Summary

Deepwater Horizon oil spill is an oil spill[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of oil_spill entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,711 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill is in the country of United States[3].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's video is recorded as Deepwater Horizon fire seen by US Coast Guard helicopter.ogv[4].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's image is recorded as Deepwater Horizon oil spill - May 24, 2010.jpg[5].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's image is recorded as Flickr - DVIDSHUB - Oil Spill.jpg[6].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's image is recorded as Skimming Oil in Gulf of Mexico.jpg[7].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's instance of is recorded as oil spill[8].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's instance of is recorded as environmental disaster[9].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's instance of is recorded as environmental conflict[10].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's location is recorded as Gulf of Mexico[11].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's Commons category is recorded as Deepwater Horizon oil spill[12].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's start time is recorded as +2010-04-20T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's point in time is recorded as +2010-04-15T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 28.736666666666668, 'lon': -88.38722222222222}[15].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bs5k0_[16].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's has cause is recorded as Deepwater Horizon explosion[17].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Deepwater Horizon oil spill[18].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+11'}[19].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as event/Deepwater-Horizon-oil-spill-of-2010[20].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's BBC Things ID is recorded as 7b8001fa-3bec-4517-9ff6-03698d87f2d0[21].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's volume as quantity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q89187604', 'amount': '+4900000'}[22].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as maree-noire-dans-le-golfe-du-mexique-en-bref[23].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as maree-noire-dans-le-golfe-du-mexique[24].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's New York Times topic ID is recorded as subject/gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill-2010[25].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's Quora topic ID is recorded as Deepwater-Horizon-Oil-Spill-April-2010[26].
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Deepwater_Horizon-ulykken[27].

Why It Matters

Deepwater Horizon oil spill ranks in the top 3% of oil_spill entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,711 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . al.com. al.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  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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