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East Greenland Current

cold, low salinity current that extends from Fram Strait to Cape Farewell off the eastern coat of Greenland
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East Greenland Current

Summary

East Greenland Current is an ocean current[1]. It draws 18 Wikipedia views per month (ocean_current category, ranking #24 of 57).[2]

Key Facts

  • East Greenland Current is in the country of Greenland[3].
  • East Greenland Current is on the body of water Greenland Sea[4].
  • East Greenland Current's instance of is recorded as ocean current[5].
  • Greenland is named after East Greenland Current[6].
  • East Greenland Current's Commons category is recorded as East Greenland Current[7].
  • East Greenland Current's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03dl3s[8].
  • East Greenland Current's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/East-Greenland-Current[9].
  • East Greenland Current's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Greenland-Current[10].
  • East Greenland Current's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 1930244[11].
  • East Greenland Current's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[12].
  • East Greenland Current's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3998347[13].
  • East Greenland Current's Lex ID is recorded as Den_Østgrønlandske_Strøm[14].
  • East Greenland Current's Mapy.com ID is recorded as area&id=512632[15].
  • East Greenland Current's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 155965[16].

Body

Geography

East Greenland Current is in the country of Greenland[3]. It is on the body of water Greenland Sea[4].

Designation and Status

East Greenland Current's instance of is recorded as ocean current[5].

History and Context

Greenland is named after East Greenland Current[6].

Why It Matters

East Greenland Current draws 18 Wikipedia views per month (ocean_current category, ranking #24 of 57).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Greenland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . 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.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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