Vatnajökull

largest and most voluminous Icelandic glacier
Place ice_cap Q179734
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Vatnajökull

Summary

Vatnajökull is an ice cap[1]. Vatnajökull draws 261 Wikipedia views per month (ice_cap category, ranking #2 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Vatnajökull is located in Eastern Region[3].
  • Vatnajökull is located in Northeastern Region[4].
  • Vatnajökull is located in Southern Region[5].
  • Vatnajökull is in the country of Iceland[6].
  • Vatnajökull's image is recorded as Island Vatnajökull 02.JPG[7].
  • Vatnajökull's instance of is recorded as ice cap[8].
  • Vatnajökull's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 237468016[9].
  • Vatnajökull's GND ID is recorded as 4738056-1[10].
  • Vatnajökull's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh89004617[11].
  • Vatnajökull's Commons category is recorded as Vatnajökull[12].
  • Vatnajökull's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 406429[13].
  • Vatnajökull's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[14].
  • Vatnajökull's has part is recorded as Breiðamerkurjökull[15].
  • Vatnajökull's has part is recorded as Brúarjökull[16].
  • Vatnajökull's has part is recorded as Dyngjujökull[17].
  • Vatnajökull's has part is recorded as Eyjabakkajökull[18].
  • Vatnajökull's has part is recorded as Falljökull[19].
  • Vatnajökull's has part is recorded as Fjallsjökull[20].
  • Vatnajökull's has part is recorded as Fláajökull[21].
  • Vatnajökull's has part is recorded as Heinabergsjökull[22].
  • Vatnajökull's has part is recorded as Hoffellsjökull[23].
  • Vatnajökull's has part is recorded as Hrútárjökull[24].
  • Vatnajökull's has part is recorded as Köldukvíslarjökull[25].
  • Vatnajökull's has part is recorded as Kotarjökull[26].
  • Vatnajökull's has part is recorded as Kverkjökull[27].

Body

Geography

Vatnajökull is in the country of Iceland[6]. Located in include Eastern Region[3], a region of Iceland[28], in Iceland[29]; Northeastern Region[4], a region of Iceland[30], in Iceland[31]; and Southern Region[5], a region of Iceland[32], in Iceland[33].

Physical Characteristics

Vatnajökull's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+7700'}[34]. Vatnajökull's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+143'}[35].

Designation and Status

Vatnajökull's instance of is recorded as ice cap[8].

Why It Matters

Vatnajökull draws 261 Wikipedia views per month (ice_cap category, ranking #2 of 9).[2] Vatnajökull has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Vatnajökull is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . OpenStreetMap. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [35] . vatnajokulsthjodgardur.is. vatnajokulsthjodgardur.is. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [34] . vatnajokulsthjodgardur.is. vatnajokulsthjodgardur.is. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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