Carpathians
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Summary
Carpathians is a mountain range[1]. Carpathians ranks in the top 0.28% of mountain range entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,035 views/month, #8 of 2,807).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Serbia[3], Ukraine[4], Austria[5], Czech Republic[6], Slovakia[7], Poland[8], Hungary[9], Romania[10]
- Instance of: non-geologically related mountain range[11]
- Named after: Carpi[12]
- Part of: Alpide belt[13]
- Commons category: Carpathian Mountains[14]
- Has part(s): Western Carpathians[15], Eastern Carpathians[16], Southern Carpathians[17], Western Romanian Carpathians[18], Transylvanian Plateau[19], Serbian Carpathians[20]
- Highest point: Gerlachovský štít[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Carpathians[22]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portail:Carpates[23]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[25], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[28], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[29], Hitman Wiki[30]
- Shape: arc[31]
- Different from: Karpaty[32]
- Length: 1700 km[33]
- Elevation above sea level: 2655 m[34]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine[35], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[36]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Carpathians include RMS Carpathia[37], a steamship[38]; carpathite[39], a mineral species[40]; Montes Carpatus[41], a mountain chain[42]; Karpaty[43], a village of Ukraine[44], in Ukraine[45]; and Ionescuellum carpaticum[46], a taxon[47].
Why It Matters
Carpathians has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Carpathians is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]
Entities named for Carpathians include RMS Carpathia[37], a steamship[38]; carpathite[39], a mineral species[40]; Montes Carpatus[41], a mountain chain[42]; Karpaty[43], a village of Ukraine[44], in Ukraine[45]; and Ionescuellum carpaticum[46], a taxon[47].