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The Needles

3 distinctive stacks of chalk, ca. 30 m tall, off the western end of the Isle of Wight, UK
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The Needles

Summary

The Needles is a protected area[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of protected_area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (245 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Needles is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • The Needles is on the body of water English Channel[4].
  • The Needles's image is recorded as Iow needles closeup.jpg[5].
  • The Needles's instance of is recorded as protected area[6].
  • The Needles's instance of is recorded as stack[7].
  • The Needles's owned by is recorded as National Trust[8].
  • The Needles's operator is recorded as National Trust[9].
  • The Needles's Commons category is recorded as The Needles, Isle of Wight[10].
  • The Needles's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.6626968, 'lon': -1.5893269}[11].
  • The Needles's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01jf4d[12].
  • The Needles's official website is recorded as http://www.theneedles.co.uk/[13].
  • The Needles's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/The-Needles[14].
  • The Needles's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2641824[15].
  • The Needles's BBC Things ID is recorded as 4a163f76-ee03-41dc-9328-ddf1192601a8[16].
  • The Needles's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2603815[17].
  • The Needles's TOID is recorded as 4000000074615582[18].
  • The Needles's Vision of Britain place ID is recorded as 23996[19].
  • The Needles's historic county is recorded as Hampshire[20].
  • The Needles's SNARC ID is recorded as Sidney Poitier[21].

Body

Geography

The Needles is in the country of United Kingdom[3]. It is on the body of water English Channel[4].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include protected area[6] and stack[7].

History and Context

The Needles's owned by is recorded as National Trust[8].

Why It Matters

The Needles ranks in the top 2% of protected_area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (245 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Sidney Poitier United Kingdom

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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