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Fox Glacier

glacier in New Zealand
Landform glacier Q1147722
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Summary

Fox Glacier is a glacier[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of glacier entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fox Glacier is located in Westland District[3].
  • Fox Glacier is located in West Coast Region[4].
  • Fox Glacier is in the country of New Zealand[5].
  • Fox Glacier's instance of is recorded as glacier[6].
  • William Fox is named after Fox Glacier[7].
  • Fox Glacier's outflows is recorded as Fox River[8].
  • Fox Glacier's Commons category is recorded as Fox Glacier / Te Moeka o Tuawe[9].
  • Fox Glacier's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Fox River[10].
  • Fox Glacier's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -43.502, 'lon': 170.081}[11].
  • Fox Glacier's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fox Glacier / Te Moeka o Tuawe[12].
  • Fox Glacier's Commons gallery is recorded as Te Moeka o Tuawe[13].
  • Fox Glacier's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Fox Glacier/Te Moeka o Tuawe'}[14].
  • Fox Glacier's located in protected area is recorded as Westland Tai Poutini National Park[15].
  • Fox Glacier's mountain range is recorded as Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana[16].

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Geography

Fox Glacier is in the country of New Zealand[5]. Located in include Westland District[3], a district of New Zealand[17], in New Zealand[18] and West Coast Region[4], a region of New Zealand[19], in New Zealand[20].

Designation and Status

Fox Glacier's instance of is recorded as glacier[6].

History and Context

William Fox is named after Fox Glacier[7].

Why It Matters

Fox Glacier ranks in the top 2% of glacier entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

New Zealand Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . New Zealand Gazetteer. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . New Zealand Gazetteer. gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] ↑ . 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. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 26
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', '
    Gnd id → 4651960-9
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 6w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Outflows → Fox River
    Mouth of the watercourse → Fox River
    Located in protected area → Westland Tai Poutini National Park
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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