Crete

island of Greece
Landform island Q34374
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Crete

Summary

Crete is an island[1]. Crete has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Crete is located in Crete Region[3].
  • Crete is in the country of Greece[4].
  • Crete is on the body of water Mediterranean Sea[5].
  • Crete is on the body of water Sea of Crete[6].
  • Crete is on the body of water Libyan Sea[7].
  • Crete's instance of is recorded as island[8].
  • Crete's instance of is recorded as traditional geographic divisions of Greece[9].
  • Crete's capital is recorded as Heraklion[10].
  • Crete took place at Aegean Sea[11].
  • Crete's Commons category is recorded as Crete[12].
  • Crete's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[13].
  • Crete's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00[14].
  • Crete's local dialing code is recorded as 2821[15].
  • Crete's highest point is recorded as Mount Ida[16].
  • Crete's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.309722222222, 'lon': 24.893333333333}[17].
  • Crete's significant event is recorded as Mycenaean conquest of Crete[18].
  • Crete's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Crete[19].
  • Crete's Commons gallery is recorded as Κρήτη[20].
  • Crete has a population of {'amount': '+623065'}[21].
  • Crete's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • Crete's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[23].
  • Crete's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • Crete's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[25].
  • Crete's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[26].
  • Crete's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[27].

Body

Geography

Crete is in the country of Greece[4]. Crete is located in Crete Region[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Mediterranean Sea[5], an adjacent sea[28], in Spain[29]; Sea of Crete[6], a sea[30], in Greece[31]; and Libyan Sea[7], a sea[32], in Libya[33].

Physical Characteristics

Crete covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+8335.88'}[34]. Crete sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2456'}[35]. Crete's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+254'}[36]. Crete has a population of {'amount': '+623065'}[21].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include island[8] and traditional geographic divisions of Greece[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Crete include Crete Mediterranean forests[37], a WWF ecoregion[38], in Greece[39]; Eryngium creticum[40], a taxon[41]; Arenaria cretica[42], a taxon[43]; Cretan dwarf mammoth[44], a fossil taxon[45]; and Lecokia cretica[46], a taxon[47].

Why It Matters

Crete has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Crete is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Entities named for Crete include Crete Mediterranean forests[37], a WWF ecoregion[38], in Greece[39]; Eryngium creticum[40], a taxon[41]; Arenaria cretica[42], a taxon[43]; Cretan dwarf mammoth[44], a fossil taxon[45]; and Lecokia cretica[46], a taxon[47].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] . 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] . Greek census 2011. 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.
  26. [36] . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . wikidata.org.
  28. [34] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [40] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [42] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [44] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [46] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [48] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag crete
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: crete, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289917850|crete (#289917850)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id g0001696-Kreta-recko-ostrov
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: g0001696-Kreta-recko-ostrov, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  3. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +8
    Local thumb
    Nomisma id crete
    Instance of island, traditional geographic divisions of Greece
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 104985, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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