Antilles

archipelago bordering the north and east of the Caribbean Sea
Place archipelago Q166131
Antilles
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Antilles

Summary

Antilles is an archipelago[1]. Antilles ranks in the top 8% of archipelago entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,348 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Antilles is on the body of water Caribbean Sea[3].
  • Antilles's instance of is recorded as archipelago[4].
  • Antilles's instance of is recorded as group[5].
  • Antilles's instance of is recorded as region[6].
  • island is named after Antilles[7].
  • Antilles is part of Caribbean[8].
  • Antilles's Commons category is recorded as Antilles[9].
  • Antilles comprises Greater Antilles[10].
  • Antilles comprises Lesser Antilles[11].
  • Antilles's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 18.2176, 'lon': -67.8639}[12].
  • Antilles's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Antilles[13].
  • Antilles's coordinates of northernmost point is recorded as {'lat': 27.25, 'lon': -78.35}[14].
  • Antilles's coordinates of southernmost point is recorded as {'lat': 10.056319444444444, 'lon': -61.6272}[15].
  • Antilles's coordinates of easternmost point is recorded as {'lat': 13.148961111111111, 'lon': -59.42011111111111}[16].
  • Antilles's coordinates of westernmost point is recorded as {'lat': 21.86875, 'lon': -84.95188888888889}[17].
  • Antilles's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18].
  • Antilles's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19].
  • Antilles's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • Antilles's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[21].
  • Antilles's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[22].
  • Antilles's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • Antilles's different from is recorded as Caribbean[24].
  • Antilles sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3087'}[25].
  • Antilles covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+228662'}[26].
  • Antilles's has part is recorded as archipelago[27].

Body

Geography

Antilles is on the body of water Caribbean Sea[3]. Antilles is part of Caribbean[8].

Physical Characteristics

Antilles covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+228662'}[26]. Antilles sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3087'}[25].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archipelago[4], group[5], and region[6].

History and Context

island is named after Antilles[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Antilles include Antilles Current[28], an ocean current[29].

Why It Matters

Antilles ranks in the top 8% of archipelago entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,348 views/month).[2] Antilles has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Antilles is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Antilles include Antilles Current[28], an ocean current[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . 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.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id 0336380-Antily-souostrovi
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0336380-Antily-souostrovi, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  2. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of Caribbean
    Instance of archipelago, group, region
    Coordinates of northernmost point {'lat': 27.25, 'lon': -78.35}
    Has part(s) Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 108603, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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