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East Antarctic Ice Sheet

segment of the continental ice sheet that covers East Antarctica
Landform glacier Q1771054
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East Antarctic Ice Sheet

Summary

East Antarctic Ice Sheet is a glacier[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of glacier entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (64 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • East Antarctic Ice Sheet is located in Antarctic Treaty area[3].
  • East Antarctic Ice Sheet's image is recorded as Antarctica ice shelves-en.svg[4].
  • East Antarctic Ice Sheet's image is recorded as Antarctica ice shelves-fr.svg[5].
  • East Antarctic Ice Sheet's continent is recorded as Antarctica[6].
  • East Antarctic Ice Sheet's instance of is recorded as glacier[7].
  • East Antarctic Ice Sheet's part of is recorded as Antarctic ice sheet[8].
  • East Antarctic Ice Sheet's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -80, 'lon': 80}[9].
  • East Antarctic Ice Sheet's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03d9fhk[10].
  • East Antarctic Ice Sheet's described by source is recorded as Antarctica: The Melting Continent[11].
  • East Antarctic Ice Sheet's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/East-Antarctic-Ice-Sheet[12].
  • East Antarctic Ice Sheet's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6638993[13].
  • East Antarctic Ice Sheet's SCAR Composite Gazetteer place ID is recorded as 17385[14].
  • East Antarctic Ice Sheet's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[15].
  • East Antarctic Ice Sheet's New Zealand Gazetteer place ID is recorded as 10351[16].

Why It Matters

East Antarctic Ice Sheet ranks in the top 2% of glacier entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (64 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). East Antarctic Ice Sheet. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/east-antarctic-ice-sheet
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_east-antarctic-ice-sheet_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{East Antarctic Ice Sheet}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/east-antarctic-ice-sheet}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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