Glacier Bay

Summary

Glacier Bay is a bay^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of bay entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Glacier Bay is located in Alaska^[3].
• Glacier Bay is in the country of United States^[4].
• Glacier Bay's image is recorded as Landsat GlacierBay 01aug99.jpg^[5].
• Glacier Bay's instance of is recorded as bay^[6].
• Glacier Bay's basin country is recorded as United States^[7].
• Glacier Bay's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85055059^[8].
• Glacier Bay's Commons category is recorded as Glacier Bay^[9].
• Glacier Bay's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 15963394^[10].
• Glacier Bay's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 58.7, 'lon': -136.15}^[11].
• Glacier Bay's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 58.70691, 'lon': -136.1673}^[12].
• Glacier Bay's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03rg_v^[13].
• Glacier Bay's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge419628^[14].
• Glacier Bay's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10038050^[15].
• Glacier Bay's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0439773^[16].
• Glacier Bay's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Glacier-Bay^[17].
• Glacier Bay's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5846640^[18].
• Glacier Bay's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1113034^[19].
• Glacier Bay's FAST ID is recorded as 1240230^[20].
• Glacier Bay's located in protected area is recorded as Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve^[21].
• Glacier Bay's Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID is recorded as glacier-bay^[22].
• Glacier Bay's category for maps or plans is recorded as Category:Maps of Glacier Bay^[23].
• Glacier Bay's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007531334505171^[24].
• Glacier Bay's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as glacier-bay^[25].

Body

Geography

Glacier Bay is in the country of United States^[4]. It is located in Alaska^[3].

Designation and Status

Glacier Bay's instance of is recorded as bay^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Glacier Bay include USCGC Glacier^[26], an icebreaker^[27] and Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve^[28], a National Park of the United States^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1980^[31].

Why It Matters

Glacier Bay ranks in the top 7% of bay entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for it include USCGC Glacier^[26], an icebreaker^[27] and Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve^[28], a National Park of the United States^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1980^[31].