Mariana Islands

Summary

Mariana Islands is an archipelago^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of archipelago entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,430 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mariana Islands is located in Guam^[3].
• Mariana Islands is located in Northern Mariana Islands^[4].
• Mariana Islands is in the country of United States^[5].
• Mariana Islands is on the body of water Pacific Ocean^[6].
• Mariana Islands is on the body of water North Pacific Ocean^[7].
• Mariana Islands's instance of is recorded as archipelago^[8].
• Mariana of Austria is named after Mariana Islands^[9].
• Mariana Islands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Guam^[10].
• Mariana Islands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Northern Mariana Islands^[11].
• Mariana Islands's Commons category is recorded as Mariana Islands^[12].
• Mariana Islands's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+10:00^[13].
• Mariana Islands comprises Tinian^[14].
• Mariana Islands's highest point is recorded as Agrihan^[15].
• Mariana Islands's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 16.7, 'lon': 145.78}^[16].
• Mariana Islands's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Micronesia^[17].
• Mariana Islands's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mariana Islands^[18].
• Mariana Islands has a population of {'amount': '+251023'}^[19].
• Mariana Islands has a population of {'amount': '+201165'}^[20].
• Mariana Islands's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[21].
• Mariana Islands's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Mariana Islands's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• Mariana Islands's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia^[24].
• Mariana Islands's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[25].
• Mariana Islands's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[26].
• Mariana Islands's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[27].

Body

Geography

Mariana Islands is in the country of United States^[5]. Located in include Guam^[3], an insular area of the United States^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1898^[30] and Northern Mariana Islands^[4], an insular area of the United States^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1898^[33]. Adjacent water bodies include Pacific Ocean^[6], an ocean^[34] and North Pacific Ocean^[7], a region^[35].

Physical Characteristics

Mariana Islands covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1018'}^[36]. It sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+965'}^[37]. Population counts include {'amount': '+251023'}^[19] and {'amount': '+201165'}^[20].

Designation and Status

Mariana Islands's instance of is recorded as archipelago^[8].

History and Context

Mariana of Austria is named after Mariana Islands^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Mariana Islands include Mariana Plate^[38], a tectonic plate^[39], in United States^[40]; Mariana Trench^[41], an oceanic trench^[42], in United States^[43]; and Northern Mariana Islands^[44], an insular area of the United States^[45], in United States^[46], founded in 1898^[47].

Why It Matters

Mariana Islands ranks in the top 6% of archipelago entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,430 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[48] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[49]

Entities named for it include Mariana Plate^[38], a tectonic plate^[39], in United States^[40]; Mariana Trench^[41], an oceanic trench^[42], in United States^[43]; and Northern Mariana Islands^[44], an insular area of the United States^[45], in United States^[46], founded in 1898^[47].