Shetland Plate

tectonic plate
Landform tectonic_plate Q1200982
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Shetland Plate

Summary

Shetland Plate is a tectonic plate[1]. It draws 18 Wikipedia views per month (tectonic_plate category, ranking #36 of 72).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shetland Plate is located in Antarctic Treaty area[3].
  • Shetland Plate's continent is recorded as Antarctica[4].
  • Shetland Plate's instance of is recorded as tectonic plate[5].
  • Shetland Plate's instance of is recorded as microplate[6].
  • Shetland Plate's shares border with is recorded as Antarctic Plate[7].
  • Shetland Plate's shares border with is recorded as Scotia Plate[8].
  • South Shetland Islands is named after Shetland Plate[9].
  • Shetland Plate's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -62.166666666666664, 'lon': -61}[10].
  • Shetland Plate's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/051_rcm[11].
  • Shetland Plate's Mindat locality ID is recorded as 306796[12].

Why It Matters

Shetland Plate draws 18 Wikipedia views per month (tectonic_plate category, ranking #36 of 72).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Shetland Plate. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/shetland-plate
MLA “Shetland Plate.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/shetland-plate.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_shetland-plate_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Shetland Plate}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/shetland-plate}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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