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Drake Passage

body of water between South America and Antarctica
Place strait Q143650
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Summary

Drake Passage is a strait[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of strait entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,197 views/month, #3 of 402).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Antártica Chilena Province[3], Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands Province[4], Antarctic Treaty area[5]
  • Country: Chile[6], Argentina[7]
  • Named after: Francis Drake[8]
  • Part of: Southern Ocean[9]
  • Commons category: Drake Passage[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Drake Passage[11]
  • Commons gallery: Drake Passage[12]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[13]
  • Vertical depth: 4000 m[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]

Why It Matters

Drake Passage has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Argentina Chile Francis Drake

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → A1RkJ
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 23w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Antártica Chilena Province, Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands Province, Antarctic Treaty area
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Antarctic Treaty area, fix redirect Antarctic Treaty area → Antarctic Treaty area ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/bf164d4e5ee1|d"
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