Olduvai Gorge

Summary

Olduvai Gorge is a chine^[1]. It draws 319 Wikipedia views per month (chine category, ranking #1 of 7).^[2]

Key Facts

• Olduvai Gorge is located in Ngorongoro District^[3].
• Olduvai Gorge is located in Arusha Region^[4].
• Olduvai Gorge is in the country of Tanzania^[5].
• Olduvai Gorge's video is recorded as Video rendering of Olduvai Hominid 7 pollical distal phalanx - pone.0011727.s005.ogv^[6].
• Olduvai Gorge's image is recorded as Olduvai-Schlucht Mike Krüger 110126 1.jpg^[7].
• Olduvai Gorge's image is recorded as Olduvai ast.jpg^[8].
• Olduvai Gorge's continent is recorded as Africa^[9].
• Olduvai Gorge's instance of is recorded as chine^[10].
• Olduvai Gorge's instance of is recorded as prehistoric archaeological site^[11].
• Sansevieria ehrenbergii is named after Olduvai Gorge^[12].
• Olduvai Gorge's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315129573^[13].
• Olduvai Gorge's GND ID is recorded as 4116755-7^[14].
• Olduvai Gorge's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh88002447^[15].
• Olduvai Gorge's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12296356j^[16].
• Olduvai Gorge's Commons category is recorded as Olduvai Gorge^[17].
• Olduvai Gorge's point in time is recorded as -1750000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Olduvai Gorge's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -2.98333, 'lon': 35.35}^[19].
• Olduvai Gorge's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01v9y6^[20].
• Olduvai Gorge's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Olduvai-Gorge^[21].
• Olduvai Gorge's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Olduvai-Hominid-62^[22].
• Olduvai Gorge's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Olduvai-Hominid-16^[23].
• Olduvai Gorge's heritage designation is recorded as protected monument in Tanzania^[24].
• Olduvai Gorge's GeoNames ID is recorded as 150882^[25].
• Olduvai Gorge's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7016559^[26].
• Olduvai Gorge's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2572555^[27].

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Geography

Olduvai Gorge is in the country of Tanzania^[5]. Located in include Ngorongoro District^[3], a district of Tanzania^[28], in Tanzania^[29] and Arusha Region^[4], a region of Tanzania^[30], in Tanzania^[31]. Its continent is recorded as Africa^[9].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include chine^[10] and prehistoric archaeological site^[11]. Olduvai Gorge's heritage designation is recorded as protected monument in Tanzania^[24].

History and Context

Sansevieria ehrenbergii is named after Olduvai Gorge^[12].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Olduvai Gorge include Oldowan^[32], an archaeological culture^[33] and Olduvai theory^[34], a hypothesis^[35].

Why It Matters

Olduvai Gorge draws 319 Wikipedia views per month (chine category, ranking #1 of 7).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for it include Oldowan^[32], an archaeological culture^[33] and Olduvai theory^[34], a hypothesis^[35].