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polar region

regions around the Earth's geographical poles
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Summary

polar region is a climate zone[1]. It draws 1,410 Wikipedia views per month (climate zone category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: region[3]
  • Part of: Earth[4]
  • Commons category: Polar climate[5]
  • Has part(s): Arctic[6], Antarctic[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Polar regions of the Earth[8]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10]
  • Studied by: polar exploration[11]

Why It Matters

polar region has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → polar-regions
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: polar-regions, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950595|polar regions (#289950595)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0332590-polarni-oblasti
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0332590-polarni-oblasti, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Studied by → polar exploration
    Has parts → —
    Instance of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ Yso id: 2839, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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