Pharos

Summary

Pharos is an island^[1]. Pharos ranks in the top 7% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Pharos is located in Alexandria^[3].
• Pharos is in the country of Egypt^[4].
• Pharos is on the body of water Levantine Sea^[5].
• Pharos's image is recorded as Pharos of Alexandria.jpg^[6].
• Pharos's instance of is recorded as island^[7].
• Pharos's instance of is recorded as archaeological site^[8].
• Pharos's instance of is recorded as peninsula^[9].
• Pharos's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.214166666667, 'lon': 29.885}^[10].
• Pharos's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.21322222222222, 'lon': 29.884333333333334}^[11].
• Pharos's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0026077^[12].
• Pharos's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[13].
• Pharos's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Pharos^[14].
• Pharos's culture is recorded as Ancient Egypt^[15].
• Pharos's culture is recorded as Hellenistic period^[16].
• Pharos's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122l8869^[17].
• Pharos's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as faros^[18].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Pharos include Lighthouse of Alexandria^[19], a lighthouse^[20], in Egypt^[21], founded in -0279^[22] and Pharos^[23], an impact crater^[24].

Why It Matters

Pharos ranks in the top 7% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] Pharos has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25] Pharos is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[26]

Entities named for Pharos include Lighthouse of Alexandria^[19], a lighthouse^[20], in Egypt^[21], founded in -0279^[22] and Pharos^[23], an impact crater^[24].