Wilkes Land

Summary

Wilkes Land is a region^[1]. It draws 74 Wikipedia views per month (region category, ranking #355 of 1,289).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wilkes Land is located in Antarctic Treaty area^[3].
• Wilkes Land's image is recorded as Antarctica Map.png^[4].
• Wilkes Land's continent is recorded as Antarctica^[5].
• Wilkes Land's instance of is recorded as region^[6].
• Wilkes Land's shares border with is recorded as Victoria Land^[7].
• Wilkes Land's shares border with is recorded as American Highland^[8].
• Charles Wilkes is named after Wilkes Land^[9].
• Wilkes Land's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 242649207^[10].
• Wilkes Land's GND ID is recorded as 4259626-9^[11].
• Wilkes Land's locator map image is recorded as Antarktis.png^[12].
• Wilkes Land's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh92005081^[13].
• Wilkes Land's Commons category is recorded as Wilkes Land^[14].
• Wilkes Land's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -69, 'lon': 120}^[15].
• Wilkes Land's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/047xky^[16].
• Wilkes Land's GNIS Antarctica ID is recorded as 16606^[17].
• Wilkes Land's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wilkes Land^[18].
• Wilkes Land's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0072204^[19].
• Wilkes Land's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[20].
• Wilkes Land's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Wilkes-Land^[21].
• Wilkes Land's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6628107^[22].
• Wilkes Land's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1112218^[23].
• Wilkes Land's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 4216868^[24].
• Wilkes Land's SCAR Composite Gazetteer place ID is recorded as 16051^[25].
• Wilkes Land's Australian Antarctic Gazetteer ID is recorded as 1292^[26].
• Wilkes Land's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Wilkes_Land^[27].

Body

Geography

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

Designation and Status

Wilkes Land's instance of is recorded as region^[6].

History and Context

Charles Wilkes is named after Wilkes Land^[9].

Why It Matters

Wilkes Land draws 74 Wikipedia views per month (region category, ranking #355 of 1,289).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]