Grytviken

abandoned whaling station; settlement on the island of South Georgia–South Sandwich Islands
Place whaling_station Q185672
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Grytviken

Summary

Grytviken is a whaling station[1]. Grytviken draws 369 Wikipedia views per month (whaling_station category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Grytviken is located in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands[3].
  • Grytviken is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Grytviken is in the country of Argentina[5].
  • Grytviken's video is recorded as Scenes of Grytviken, South Georgia Island.webm[6].
  • Grytviken's image is recorded as Grytviken Harbour, Island of South Georgia, United Kingdom.jpg[7].
  • Grytviken's instance of is recorded as whaling station[8].
  • Grytviken's instance of is recorded as hamlet[9].
  • Grytviken's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 2285154801938956310005[10].
  • Grytviken's GND ID is recorded as 1174011807[11].
  • Grytviken's locator map image is recorded as SG-Settlements.png[12].
  • Grytviken's Commons category is recorded as Grytviken[13].
  • Grytviken's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -54.281472, 'lon': -36.508028}[14].
  • Grytviken's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02h79m[15].
  • Grytviken's WDPA ID is recorded as 39507[16].
  • Grytviken's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Grytviken[17].
  • Grytviken's page banner is recorded as Grytviken banner.jpg[18].
  • Grytviken's capital of is recorded as South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands[19].
  • Grytviken's heritage designation is recorded as Place or National Historic Site[20].
  • Grytviken's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'no', 'text': 'Grytviken'}[21].
  • Grytviken's GeoNames ID is recorded as 3426466[22].
  • Grytviken's BBC Things ID is recorded as 59c510ca-f74c-4cbc-a138-60f93a96bf19[23].
  • Grytviken's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7593842[24].
  • Grytviken's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'no', 'text': 'Grytvikenser'}[25].
  • Grytviken's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+4'}[26].
  • Grytviken's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -1405081[27].

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Geography

Country listings include United Kingdom[4], a sovereign state[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 1927[30] and Argentina[5], a sovereign state[31], in Argentina[32], founded in 1816[33]. Grytviken is located in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands[3].

Physical Characteristics

Grytviken's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+4'}[26].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include whaling station[8] and hamlet[9]. Grytviken's heritage designation is recorded as Place or National Historic Site[20].

Why It Matters

Grytviken draws 369 Wikipedia views per month (whaling_station category, ranking #1 of 5).[2] Grytviken has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Grytviken is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . monumentos.cultura.gob.ar. monumentos.cultura.gob.ar. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . monumentos.cultura.gob.ar. monumentos.cultura.gob.ar. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . monumentos.cultura.gob.ar. monumentos.cultura.gob.ar. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . 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. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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