Great Smoky Mountains

American mountain range along North Carolina/Tennessee border
Place mountain_range Q1360486
Great Smoky Mountains
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The Great Smoky Mountains are a mountain range[1][2] located in North Carolina[3][1][2]. They are situated in the United States[4][3][1][2] on the continent of North America[3]. The range covers an area of approximately 5.3k square miles[1].

Great Smoky Mountains

Summary

Great Smoky Mountains is a mountain range[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of mountain_range entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27,205 views/month, #21 of 2,807).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Smoky Mountains is located in North Carolina[3].
  • Great Smoky Mountains is located in Tennessee[4].
  • Great Smoky Mountains is in the country of United States[5].
  • Great Smoky Mountains is on the continent of North America[6].
  • Great Smoky Mountains's instance of is recorded as mountain range[7].
  • Great Smoky Mountains's Commons category is recorded as Great Smoky Mountains[8].
  • Great Smoky Mountains's highest point is recorded as Kuwohi[9].
  • Great Smoky Mountains's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.5628, 'lon': -83.4986}[10].
  • Great Smoky Mountains's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.58343, 'lon': -83.50822}[11].
  • Great Smoky Mountains's official website is recorded as http://www.nps.gov/grsm/[12].
  • Great Smoky Mountains's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Great Smoky Mountains[13].
  • Great Smoky Mountains's has characteristic is recorded as tourist attraction[14].
  • Great Smoky Mountains sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2037'}[15].
  • Great Smoky Mountains sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1248'}[16].
  • Great Smoky Mountains sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2025'}[17].
  • Great Smoky Mountains covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5349'}[18].
  • Great Smoky Mountains's language used is recorded as Cherokee[19].
  • Great Smoky Mountains's located in protected area is recorded as Great Smoky Mountains National Park[20].
  • Great Smoky Mountains's mountain range is recorded as Blue Ridge Mountains[21].
  • Great Smoky Mountains's has boundary is recorded as Bald Mountains[22].
  • Great Smoky Mountains's has boundary is recorded as Unicoi Mountains[23].
  • Great Smoky Mountains's has boundary is recorded as Plott Balsams[24].

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Geography

Great Smoky Mountains is in the country of United States[5]. Located in include North Carolina[3], an U.S. state[25], in United States[26], founded in 1789[27] and Tennessee[4], an U.S. state[28], in United States[29], founded in 1796[30]. It is on the continent of North America[6].

Physical Characteristics

Great Smoky Mountains covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5349'}[18]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2037'}[15], {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1248'}[16], and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2025'}[17].

Designation and Status

Great Smoky Mountains's instance of is recorded as mountain range[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Great Smoky Mountains include zugshunstite-(Ce)[31], a mineral species[32].

Why It Matters

Great Smoky Mountains ranks in the top 0.75% of mountain_range entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27,205 views/month, #21 of 2,807).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for it include zugshunstite-(Ce)[31], a mineral species[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . peakbagger.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . peakbagger.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . peakbagger.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . peakbagger.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [32] ↑ . 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. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → great-smoky-mountains
    Sitelink count → 28
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'bn', 'ceb', 'chr', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fr
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 4w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap relation id → 16786085
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P402]]: 16786085, Adding OSM relation id claim from wikidata tag on relation/16786085"
  3. 13w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    Has boundary → Bald Mountains, Unicoi Mountains, Plott Balsams
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → North Carolina, Tennessee
    Instance of → mountain range
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39782|batch #39782]]: Move Q570116 from P31 -> P1552"
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