Strait of Dover

Summary

Strait of Dover is a strait^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of strait entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (866 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Strait of Dover is in the country of United Kingdom^[3].
• Strait of Dover is in the country of France^[4].
• Strait of Dover's image is recorded as Strait of dover STS106-718-28.jpg^[5].
• Strait of Dover's instance of is recorded as strait^[6].
• Strait of Dover's shares border with is recorded as Sangatte^[7].
• Calais is named after Strait of Dover^[8].
• Dover is named after Strait of Dover^[9].
• Strait of Dover's basin country is recorded as France^[10].
• Strait of Dover's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 264567553^[11].
• Strait of Dover's GND ID is recorded as 4091204-8^[12].
• Strait of Dover's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85039214^[13].
• Strait of Dover's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 124232584^[14].
• Strait of Dover's IdRef ID is recorded as 03335894X^[15].
• Strait of Dover's Commons category is recorded as Strait of Dover^[16].
• Strait of Dover's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51, 'lon': 1.45}^[17].
• Strait of Dover's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/013wwt^[18].
• Strait of Dover's located in/on physical feature is recorded as English Channel^[19].
• Strait of Dover's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Strait of Dover^[20].
• Strait of Dover's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0022908^[21].
• Strait of Dover's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0013429^[22].
• Strait of Dover's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[23].
• Strait of Dover's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia^[24].
• Strait of Dover's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• Strait of Dover's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Strait of Dover's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include United Kingdom^[3], a sovereign state^[28], in United Kingdom^[29], founded in 1927^[30] and France^[4], a sovereign state^[31], in France^[32], founded in 0843^[33].

Designation and Status

Strait of Dover's instance of is recorded as strait^[6].

History and Context

Things named after include Calais^[8], a commune of France^[34], in France^[35] and Dover^[9], a town^[36], in United Kingdom^[37].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Strait of Dover include Pas-de-Calais^[38], a department of France^[39], in France^[40], founded in 1790^[41].

Why It Matters

Strait of Dover ranks in the top 3% of strait entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (866 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for it include Pas-de-Calais^[38], a department of France^[39], in France^[40], founded in 1790^[41].