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West Antarctica

part of Antarctica that lies within the Western Hemisphere
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West Antarctica

Summary

West Antarctica is a region[1]. It draws 155 Wikipedia views per month (region category, ranking #288 of 1,289).[2]

Key Facts

  • West Antarctica is located in Antarctic Treaty area[3].
  • West Antarctica's image is recorded as Mount Vinson from NW at Vinson Plateau by Christian Stangl (flickr).jpg[4].
  • West Antarctica's continent is recorded as Antarctica[5].
  • West Antarctica's instance of is recorded as region[6].
  • West Antarctica's instance of is recorded as geographical feature[7].
  • West Antarctica's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 240343733[8].
  • West Antarctica's GND ID is recorded as 4079206-7[9].
  • West Antarctica's locator map image is recorded as West-antarctica.png[10].
  • West Antarctica's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -79, 'lon': -100}[11].
  • West Antarctica's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06qlb5[12].
  • West Antarctica's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge329567[13].
  • West Antarctica's GNIS Antarctica ID is recorded as 16431[14].
  • West Antarctica's GNIS Antarctica ID is recorded as 2826292[15].
  • West Antarctica's topic's main category is recorded as Category:West Antarctica[16].
  • West Antarctica's page banner is recorded as West Antarctica-banner1.jpg[17].
  • West Antarctica's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/West-Antarctica[18].
  • West Antarctica's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6627952[19].
  • West Antarctica's SCAR Composite Gazetteer place ID is recorded as 15898[20].
  • West Antarctica's SCAR Composite Gazetteer place ID is recorded as 8365[21].
  • West Antarctica's Quora topic ID is recorded as West-Antarctica[22].
  • West Antarctica's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 서남극[23].
  • West Antarctica's Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID is recorded as geografico/1208852[24].
  • West Antarctica's World Historical Gazetteer place ID is recorded as 14156709[25].

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Geography

West Antarctica is located in Antarctic Treaty area[3]. Its continent is recorded as Antarctica[5].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include region[6] and geographical feature[7].

Why It Matters

West Antarctica draws 155 Wikipedia views per month (region category, ranking #288 of 1,289).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnis antarctica id → 16431, 2826292
    Instance of → —
    Continent → Antarctica
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Antarctic Treaty area
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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