Pillars of Hercules

promontories that flank the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar
Place landform Q152854
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Pillars of Hercules

Summary

Pillars of Hercules is a landform[1]. It ranks in the top 0.93% of landform entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (903 views/month, #3 of 322).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pillars of Hercules is in the country of Morocco[3].
  • Pillars of Hercules is in the country of Spain[4].
  • Pillars of Hercules is in the country of Gibraltar[5].
  • Pillars of Hercules's image is recorded as Pillars of Hercules monument, Gibraltar 2007.jpg[6].
  • Pillars of Hercules's instance of is recorded as landform[7].
  • Pillars of Hercules's location is recorded as Strait of Gibraltar[8].
  • Pillars of Hercules's Commons category is recorded as Pillars of Hercules[9].
  • Pillars of Hercules's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 14362380[10].
  • Pillars of Hercules's has part is recorded as Rock of Gibraltar[11].
  • Pillars of Hercules's has part is recorded as Jebel Moussa[12].
  • Pillars of Hercules's has part is recorded as Monte Hacho[13].
  • Pillars of Hercules's has part is recorded as Calpe[14].
  • Pillars of Hercules's has part is recorded as Abilyx[15].
  • Pillars of Hercules's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36, 'lon': -5.35}[16].
  • Pillars of Hercules's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hbk8[17].
  • Pillars of Hercules's Iconclass notation is recorded as 25H23241[18].
  • Pillars of Hercules's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19].
  • Pillars of Hercules's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20].
  • Pillars of Hercules's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Pillars-of-Heracles[21].
  • Pillars of Hercules's Pleiades ID is recorded as 275614[22].
  • Pillars of Hercules's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2354154[23].
  • Pillars of Hercules's Quora topic ID is recorded as Pillars-of-Hercules-Gibraltar[24].
  • Pillars of Hercules's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Herakles'_søyler[25].
  • Pillars of Hercules's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Concept", "PillarsOfHercules::t9999"][26].
  • Pillars of Hercules's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i85976[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Morocco[3], a constitutional monarchy[28], in Morocco[29], founded in 1956[30]; Spain[4], a sovereign state[31], in Spain[32], founded in 1715[33]; and Gibraltar[5], a British overseas territory[34], in United Kingdom[35], founded in 1704[36].

Designation and Status

Pillars of Hercules's instance of is recorded as landform[7].

Why It Matters

Pillars of Hercules ranks in the top 0.93% of landform entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (903 views/month, #3 of 322).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . 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. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Wikihistorian · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Described by source The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
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