Thwaites Glacier

Summary

Thwaites Glacier is a glacier^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.34% of glacier entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (230 views/month, #3 of 883).^[2]

Key Facts

• Thwaites Glacier is located in Antarctic Treaty area^[3].
• Thwaites Glacier's image is recorded as Thwaites Glacier.jpg^[4].
• Thwaites Glacier's continent is recorded as Antarctica^[5].
• Thwaites Glacier's instance of is recorded as glacier^[6].
• Thwaites Glacier's instance of is recorded as ice stream^[7].
• Thwaites Glacier's instance of is recorded as ice shelf^[8].
• Thwaites Glacier's instance of is recorded as ice tongue^[9].
• Fredrik Thwaites is named after Thwaites Glacier^[10].
• Thwaites Glacier's Commons category is recorded as Thwaites Ice Shelf^[11].
• Thwaites Glacier's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2954927^[12].
• Thwaites Glacier's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -75.5, 'lon': -106.75}^[13].
• Thwaites Glacier's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/084j1f^[14].
• Thwaites Glacier's GNIS Antarctica ID is recorded as 15283^[15].
• Thwaites Glacier's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6626717^[16].
• Thwaites Glacier's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0'}^[17].
• Thwaites Glacier's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+120000'}^[18].
• Thwaites Glacier's SCAR Composite Gazetteer place ID is recorded as 14685^[19].
• Thwaites Glacier's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change^[20].

Why It Matters

Thwaites Glacier ranks in the top 0.34% of glacier entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (230 views/month, #3 of 883).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]