Playfair Mountains

group of mountains between the Swann and Squires Glaciers in southeast Palmer Land, Antarctica
Place mountain_range Q7203319
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Playfair Mountains

Summary

Playfair Mountains is a mountain range[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of mountain_range entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Playfair Mountains is located in Antarctic Treaty area[3].
  • Playfair Mountains's continent is recorded as Antarctica[4].
  • Playfair Mountains's instance of is recorded as mountain range[5].
  • John Playfair is named after Playfair Mountains[6].
  • Playfair Mountains's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -73.9167, 'lon': -63.4167}[7].
  • Playfair Mountains's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ds48nw[8].
  • Playfair Mountains's GNIS Antarctica ID is recorded as 11874[9].
  • Playfair Mountains's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6623372[10].
  • Playfair Mountains's SCAR Composite Gazetteer place ID is recorded as 11354[11].

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Geography

Playfair Mountains is located in Antarctic Treaty area[3]. Its continent is recorded as Antarctica[4].

Designation and Status

Playfair Mountains's instance of is recorded as mountain range[5].

History and Context

John Playfair is named after Playfair Mountains[6].

Why It Matters

Playfair Mountains ranks in the top 9% of mountain_range entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

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  1. 22d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Antarctic Treaty area
    Continent Antarctica
    Located in
    Instance of mountain range
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P131]]: [[Q10372207]], fix redirect [[Q21590062]] → [[Q10372207]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/bf164d4e5ee1|details]])"
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