East Antarctica

part of Antarctica that lies within the Eastern Hemisphere
Place region Q866405
East Antarctica
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East Antarctica

Summary

East Antarctica is a region[1]. It draws 142 Wikipedia views per month (region category, ranking #296 of 1,289).[2]

Key Facts

  • East Antarctica is located in Antarctic Treaty area[3].
  • East Antarctica is on the body of water Weddell Sea[4].
  • East Antarctica is on the body of water Ross Sea[5].
  • East Antarctica's image is recorded as Sea Ice and Icebergs off East Antarctica.jpg[6].
  • East Antarctica's continent is recorded as Antarctica[7].
  • East Antarctica's instance of is recorded as region[8].
  • East Antarctica's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 237711493[9].
  • East Antarctica's GND ID is recorded as 4075726-2[10].
  • East Antarctica's locator map image is recorded as Antarctica.svg[11].
  • East Antarctica's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85040524[12].
  • East Antarctica's part of is recorded as Antarctica[13].
  • East Antarctica's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -78, 'lon': 75}[14].
  • East Antarctica's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/082qwx[15].
  • East Antarctica's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge329566[16].
  • East Antarctica's GNIS Antarctica ID is recorded as 4247[17].
  • East Antarctica's GNIS Antarctica ID is recorded as 2817255[18].
  • East Antarctica's topic's main category is recorded as Category:East Antarctica[19].
  • East Antarctica's page banner is recorded as East Antarctica-banner.jpg[20].
  • East Antarctica's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/East-Antarctica[21].
  • East Antarctica's topic has template is recorded as Template:East Antarctica[22].
  • East Antarctica's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6632511[23].
  • East Antarctica's FAST ID is recorded as 1243627[24].
  • East Antarctica's SCAR Composite Gazetteer place ID is recorded as 4024[25].
  • East Antarctica's Quora topic ID is recorded as East-Antarctica[26].
  • East Antarctica's The Independent topic ID is recorded as east-antarctica[27].

Body

Geography

East Antarctica is located in Antarctic Treaty area[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Weddell Sea[4], a marginal sea[28] and Ross Sea[5], a sea[29]. Its continent is recorded as Antarctica[7]. Its part of is recorded as Antarctica[13].

Designation and Status

East Antarctica's instance of is recorded as region[8].

Why It Matters

East Antarctica draws 142 Wikipedia views per month (region category, ranking #296 of 1,289).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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