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coastal defence and fortification

military operations and doctrine regarding protection of coastlines against military attack
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Summary

coastal defence and fortification ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (914 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: fortification[2], defense[3]
  • Commons category: Coastal fortifications[4]
  • Has part(s): coastal defence[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Coastal fortifications[6]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7], The New Student's Reference Work[8]
  • Different from: fort[9], fortification[10]

Why It Matters

coastal defence and fortification has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 2d ago · S41pdrc4od · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'da', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fi', 'fr', 'la', 'mr', 'ms', 'nl', 'nn', 'no', '
    Has part(s) → coastal defence
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has part(s): coastal defence"
  2. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → fort, fortification
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Coastal fortifications
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ Yso id: 23552, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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