Kanmon Straits

the stretch of water separating the islands Honshu and Kyushu in Japan
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Kanmon Straits

Summary

Kanmon Straits is a strait[1]. It draws 114 Wikipedia views per month (strait category, ranking #54 of 402).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kanmon Straits is located in Shimonoseki[3].
  • Kanmon Straits is located in Kitakyūshū-shi[4].
  • Kanmon Straits is in the country of Japan[5].
  • Kanmon Straits is on the body of water Seto Inland Sea[6].
  • Kanmon Straits is on the body of water Sea of Japan[7].
  • Kanmon Straits's image is recorded as View from roof of Hinoyama Station (south) 4.jpg[8].
  • Kanmon Straits's instance of is recorded as strait[9].
  • Shimonoseki is named after Kanmon Straits[10].
  • Moji is named after Kanmon Straits[11].
  • Kanmon Straits's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 255513335[12].
  • Kanmon Straits's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh94008308[13].
  • Kanmon Straits's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00631580[14].
  • Kanmon Straits's Commons category is recorded as Kanmon Straits[15].
  • Kanmon Straits's has part is recorded as Dan-no-ura[16].
  • Kanmon Straits's has part is recorded as Hayatomo Strait[17].
  • Kanmon Straits's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.946944444444, 'lon': 130.94666666667}[18].
  • Kanmon Straits's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04gk36[19].
  • Kanmon Straits's official website is recorded as https://kanmon.gr.jp/[20].
  • Kanmon Straits's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kanmon Straits[21].
  • Kanmon Straits's page banner is recorded as Kanmon Straits Panorama (cropped).jpg[22].
  • Kanmon Straits's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[23].
  • Kanmon Straits's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • Kanmon Straits's heritage designation is recorded as Japan Heritage[25].
  • Kanmon Straits's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '関門海峡'}[26].
  • Kanmon Straits's FAST ID is recorded as 1797108[27].

Body

Geography

Kanmon Straits is in the country of Japan[5]. Located in include Shimonoseki[3], a core city of Japan[28], in Japan[29], founded in 1889[30] and Kitakyūshū-shi[4], a city designated by government ordinance[31], in Japan[32], founded in 1963[33], headquartered in Kitakyushu City Hall[34]. Adjacent water bodies include Seto Inland Sea[6], an inland sea[35], in Japan[36] and Sea of Japan[7], a marginal sea[37], in Russia[38].

Designation and Status

Kanmon Straits's instance of is recorded as strait[9]. Its heritage designation is recorded as Japan Heritage[25].

History and Context

Things named after include Shimonoseki[10], a core city of Japan[39], in Japan[40], founded in 1889[41] and Moji[11], a dissolved municipality of Japan[42], in Japan[43], founded in 1889[44].

Why It Matters

Kanmon Straits draws 114 Wikipedia views per month (strait category, ranking #54 of 402).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . japan-heritage.bunka.go.jp. japan-heritage.bunka.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . 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
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [38] . 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. [45] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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