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West Greenland Current

weak cold water current that flows to the north along the west coast of Greenland.
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West Greenland Current
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West Greenland Current

Summary

West Greenland Current is an ocean current[1]. It draws 12 Wikipedia views per month (ocean_current category, ranking #28 of 57).[2]

Key Facts

  • West Greenland Current is in the country of Greenland[3].
  • West Greenland Current is on the body of water Baffin Bay[4].
  • West Greenland Current's image is recorded as LabradorCurrentus-coastguard.jpg[5].
  • West Greenland Current's instance of is recorded as ocean current[6].
  • Greenland is named after West Greenland Current[7].
  • West Greenland Current's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/073bd_[8].
  • West Greenland Current's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/West-Greenland-Current[9].
  • West Greenland Current's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Greenland-Current[10].
  • West Greenland Current's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 1987882[11].
  • West Greenland Current's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[12].
  • West Greenland Current's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3999731[13].
  • West Greenland Current's Mapy.com ID is recorded as area&id=512633[14].

Body

Geography

West Greenland Current is in the country of Greenland[3]. It is on the body of water Baffin Bay[4].

Designation and Status

West Greenland Current's instance of is recorded as ocean current[6].

History and Context

Greenland is named after West Greenland Current[7].

Why It Matters

West Greenland Current draws 12 Wikipedia views per month (ocean_current category, ranking #28 of 57).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

Related Entities

Greenland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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