North Atlantic Current

powerful warm western boundary current in the north Atlantic Ocean that extends the Gulf Stream northeastward
Place ocean_current Q211798
North Atlantic Current
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North Atlantic Current

Summary

North Atlantic Current is an ocean current[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of ocean_current entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (273 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • North Atlantic Current is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean[3].
  • North Atlantic Current's image is recorded as North Atlantic currents.svg[4].
  • North Atlantic Current's instance of is recorded as ocean current[5].
  • North Atlantic Current's part of is recorded as North Atlantic Gyre[6].
  • North Atlantic Current's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55, 'lon': -25}[7].
  • North Atlantic Current's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05ddy[8].
  • North Atlantic Current's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[9].
  • North Atlantic Current's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/North-Atlantic-Current[10].
  • North Atlantic Current's different from is recorded as Gulf Stream[11].
  • North Atlantic Current's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3544166[12].
  • North Atlantic Current's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Den_nordatlantiske_strømmen[13].
  • North Atlantic Current's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[14].
  • North Atlantic Current's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3961521[15].
  • North Atlantic Current's Mapy.com ID is recorded as area&id=512609[16].

Body

Geography

North Atlantic Current is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean[3]. Its part of is recorded as North Atlantic Gyre[6].

Designation and Status

North Atlantic Current's instance of is recorded as ocean current[5].

Why It Matters

North Atlantic Current ranks in the top 9% of ocean_current entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (273 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . 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] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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