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Weddell Gyre

one of the two gyres that exist within the Southern Ocean
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Weddell Gyre

Summary

Weddell Gyre is an ocean gyre[1]. It draws 30 Wikipedia views per month (ocean_gyre category, ranking #7 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Weddell Gyre is on the body of water Weddell Sea[3].
  • Weddell Gyre's continent is recorded as Antarctica[4].
  • Weddell Gyre's instance of is recorded as ocean gyre[5].
  • Weddell Sea is named after Weddell Gyre[6].
  • Weddell Gyre's locator map image is recorded as Antarctic frontal-system hg.png[7].
  • Weddell Gyre's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/093sdj[8].
  • Weddell Gyre's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Weddell-Gyre[9].

Body

Geography

Weddell Gyre is on the body of water Weddell Sea[3]. Its continent is recorded as Antarctica[4].

Designation and Status

Weddell Gyre's instance of is recorded as ocean gyre[5].

History and Context

Weddell Sea is named after Weddell Gyre[6].

Why It Matters

Weddell Gyre draws 30 Wikipedia views per month (ocean_gyre category, ranking #7 of 9).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Weddell Gyre. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/weddell-gyre
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_weddell-gyre_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Weddell Gyre}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/weddell-gyre}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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