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Denmark Strait

oceanic strait between Greenland to its northwest and Iceland to its southeast
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Summary

Denmark Strait is a strait[1]. It draws 1,673 Wikipedia views per month (strait category, ranking #47 of 402).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Greenland[3], Iceland[4]
  • Named after: Denmark[5]
  • Part of: North Atlantic Ocean[6], GIUK gap[7]
  • Commons category: Denmark Strait[8]
  • Significant event: Battle of the Denmark Strait[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Denmark Strait[10]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[11], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[12]
  • Native label: Grænlandssund[13], Danmarksstrædet[14]
  • Connects with: Greenland Sea[15], North Atlantic Ocean[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]

Why It Matters

Denmark Strait has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Denmark Greenland Iceland Kingdom of Denmark

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Denmark Strait
    Spanish cultural heritage thesauri id → geografico/1201935
    Country → Greenland, Iceland
    Instance of → strait
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37444|batch #37444]]: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) (P14541) 2"
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