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Cowes

town in Victoria, Australia
Place town Q2720312
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Cowes

Summary

Cowes is a town[1]. Cowes has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Cowes is located in Bass Coast Shire[3].
  • Cowes is in the country of Australia[4].
  • Cowes is on the body of water Western Port[5].
  • Cowes's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Cowes's instance of is recorded as gazetted locality of Victoria[7].
  • Cowes's shares border with is recorded as Silverleaves[8].
  • Cowes's shares border with is recorded as Rhyll[9].
  • Cowes's shares border with is recorded as Sunset Strip[10].
  • Cowes's shares border with is recorded as Smiths Beach[11].
  • Cowes's shares border with is recorded as Ventnor[12].
  • Cowes's shares border with is recorded as Wimbledon Heights[13].
  • Cowes's postal code is recorded as 3922[14].
  • Cowes's Commons category is recorded as Cowes, Victoria[15].
  • Cowes's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+10:00[16].
  • Cowes's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+11:00[17].
  • Cowes's located in time zone is recorded as Australia/Melbourne[18].
  • Cowes's local dialing code is recorded as 03[19].
  • 1869 marks the founding of Cowes[20].
  • Cowes's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -38.45111111, 'lon': 145.24194444}[21].
  • Cowes's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Phillip Island[22].
  • Cowes's Commons gallery is recorded as Cowes, Victoria[23].
  • Cowes has a population of {'amount': '+4839'}[24].
  • Cowes has a population of {'amount': '+6593'}[25].
  • Cowes has a population of {'amount': '+6797'}[26].
  • Cowes's capital of is recorded as Phillip Island[27].

Body

Geography

Cowes is in the country of Australia[4]. Cowes is located in Bass Coast Shire[3]. Cowes is on the body of water Western Port[5].

Physical Characteristics

Cowes covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+20.7'}[28]. Cowes sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+28'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+4839'}[24], {'amount': '+6593'}[25], and {'amount': '+6797'}[26].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[6] and gazetted locality of Victoria[7].

History and Context

1869 marks the founding of Cowes[20].

Why It Matters

Cowes has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Cowes is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Australia

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . 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] ↑ . censusdata.abs.gov.au. censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . abs.gov.au. Retrieved . abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . abs.gov.au. abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap relation id → —
    Babelnet id → 01059517n
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+20.7'}
    Woeid → —
    + 88 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48912|batch #48912]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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