West Indies

Summary

West Indies is a region^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.54% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,790 views/month, #7 of 1,289).^[2]

Key Facts

• West Indies is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean^[3].
• West Indies's image is recorded as Roaseau Dominica Pier.jpg^[4].
• West Indies's continent is recorded as Americas^[5].
• West Indies's instance of is recorded as region^[6].
• West Indies's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 141518527^[7].
• West Indies's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 246535206^[8].
• West Indies's GND ID is recorded as 4079228-6^[9].
• West Indies's locator map image is recorded as West Indies (orthographic projection).svg^[10].
• West Indies's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85146187^[11].
• West Indies's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00568542^[12].
• West Indies's part of is recorded as Indies^[13].
• West Indies's Commons category is recorded as Caribbean^[14].
• West Indies's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D014900^[15].
• West Indies's has part is recorded as Greater Antilles^[16].
• West Indies's has part is recorded as Lesser Antilles^[17].
• West Indies's has part is recorded as Lucayan Archipelago^[18].
• West Indies's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 21.98333333, 'lon': -79.03333333}^[19].
• West Indies's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0wj3lhw^[20].
• West Indies's MeSH tree code is recorded as Z01.107.084.900^[21].
• West Indies's MeSH tree code is recorded as Z01.639.880^[22].
• West Indies's topic's main category is recorded as Category:West Indies^[23].
• West Indies's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10044864^[24].
• West Indies's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• West Indies's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia^[26].
• West Indies's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

Body

Geography

West Indies is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean^[3]. Its continent is recorded as Americas^[5]. Its part of is recorded as Indies^[13].

Physical Characteristics

West Indies's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+244890'}^[28]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3087'}^[29].

Designation and Status

West Indies's instance of is recorded as region^[6].

Why It Matters

West Indies ranks in the top 0.54% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,790 views/month, #7 of 1,289).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]