wharf

structure on the shore of a harbor or on the bank of a river or canal where ships moor
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wharf

Summary

wharf ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,318 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • wharf is a type of fixed construction[2].
  • wharf is a type of hydraulic structure[3].
  • wharf's Commons category is recorded as Wharves and quays[4].
  • wharf comprises port road (Japan)[5].
  • wharf comprises gantry crane[6].
  • wharf comprises Intermodal Goods Center[7].
  • wharf comprises warehouse[8].
  • wharf comprises straddle carrier[9].
  • wharf comprises berth[10].
  • wharf's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wharves[11].
  • wharf's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as man_made=quay[12].
  • wharf's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • wharf's name in kana is recorded as ふとう[14].
  • wharf's different from is recorded as quay[15].
  • wharf's different from is recorded as berth[16].
  • wharf's P14692 is recorded as Donald Duck[17].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include fixed construction[2] and hydraulic structure[3].

Use and Application

Components include port road (Japan)[5], a road[18], in Japan[19]; gantry crane[6]; Intermodal Goods Center[7]; warehouse[8]; straddle carrier[9]; and berth[10].

Influence

Things named for wharf include Quays Quarter[20], a neighborhood[21], in Belgium[22].

Why It Matters

wharf ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,318 views/month).[1] wharf has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] wharf is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for wharf include Quays Quarter[20], a neighborhood[21], in Belgium[22].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX525589
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P950]]: XX525589"
  2. 25d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → wharves
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: wharves, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289971302|wharves (#289971302)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  3. 6w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Donald Duck
    Wikidata description → structure on the shore of a harbor or on the bank of a river or canal where ship
    Subclass of → fixed construction, hydraulic structure
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  4. 12w ago · VileGecko · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → quay, berth
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q1153558]]"
  5. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pactols thesaurus id → pcrtrMs1qgrvxu
    Has parts → —
    Subclass of → fixed construction, hydraulic structure
    Topic's main category → Category:Wharves
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 39179, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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