Yucatan Peninsula

Summary

Yucatan Peninsula is a peninsula^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of peninsula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,685 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Yucatan Peninsula is in the country of Mexico^[3].
• Yucatan Peninsula is in the country of Belize^[4].
• Yucatan Peninsula is in the country of Guatemala^[5].
• Yucatan Peninsula is on the body of water Gulf of Mexico^[6].
• Yucatan Peninsula is on the body of water Caribbean Sea^[7].
• Yucatan Peninsula's instance of is recorded as peninsula^[8].
• Yucatan Peninsula's Commons category is recorded as Yucatan Peninsula^[9].
• Yucatan Peninsula's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 19.551111111111112, 'lon': -89.29638888888888}^[10].
• Yucatan Peninsula's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Yucatán Peninsula^[11].
• Yucatan Peninsula's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia^[12].
• Yucatan Peninsula's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• Yucatan Peninsula's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• Yucatan Peninsula's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[15].
• Yucatan Peninsula's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[16].
• Yucatan Peninsula's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[17].
• Yucatan Peninsula's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia^[18].
• Yucatan Peninsula's different from is recorded as Yucatán^[19].
• Yucatan Peninsula's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[20].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Mexico^[3], a sovereign state^[21], in Mexico^[22], founded in 1836^[23]; Belize^[4], a Commonwealth realm^[24], in Belize^[25], founded in 1981^[26]; and Guatemala^[5], a sovereign state^[27], in Guatemala^[28], founded in 1821^[29]. Adjacent water bodies include Gulf of Mexico^[6], a gulf^[30], in Mexico^[31] and Caribbean Sea^[7], a sea^[32], in Mexico^[33].

Designation and Status

Yucatan Peninsula's instance of is recorded as peninsula^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Yucatan Peninsula include Yucatan Township^[34], a township of Minnesota^[35], in United States^[36], founded in 1858^[37] and 10799 Yucatán^[38], an asteroid^[39].

Why It Matters

Yucatan Peninsula ranks in the top 2% of peninsula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,685 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]

Entities named for it include Yucatan Township^[34], a township of Minnesota^[35], in United States^[36], founded in 1858^[37] and 10799 Yucatán^[38], an asteroid^[39].