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GIUK gap

the passages between the northern Atlantic Ocean and the Norwegian Sea (Greenland - Iceland - United Kingdom)
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GIUK gap

Summary

GIUK gap is a choke point[1]. It draws 355 Wikipedia views per month (choke_point category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • GIUK gap's instance of is recorded as choke point[3].
  • GIUK gap's instance of is recorded as artificial geographic object[4].
  • GIUK gap's instance of is recorded as strait[5].
  • GIUK gap's locator map image is recorded as GIUK gap.png[6].
  • GIUK gap's Commons category is recorded as GIUK gap[7].
  • GIUK gap's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025l48[8].
  • GIUK gap's connects with is recorded as Norwegian Sea[9].
  • GIUK gap's connects with is recorded as North Atlantic Ocean[10].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include choke point[3], artificial geographic object[4], and strait[5].

Why It Matters

GIUK gap draws 355 Wikipedia views per month (choke_point category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). GIUK gap. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/giuk-gap
MLA “GIUK gap.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/giuk-gap.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_giuk-gap_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{GIUK gap}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/giuk-gap}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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