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Grytviken

abandoned whaling station; settlement on the island of South Georgia–South Sandwich Islands
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Summary

Grytviken is a whaling station[1]. Grytviken draws 3,194 Wikipedia views per month (whaling station category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4], Argentina[5]
  • Instance of: hamlet[6]
  • Commons category: Grytviken[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Grytviken[8]
  • Capital of: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands[9]
  • Heritage designation: Place or National Historic Site[10]
  • Official name: Grytviken[11]
  • Native label: Grytvikenser[12]
  • Elevation above sea level: 4 m[13]

Why It Matters

Grytviken has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Grytviken is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Argentina Ernest Shackleton United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . monumentos.cultura.gob.ar. monumentos.cultura.gob.ar. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . monumentos.cultura.gob.ar. monumentos.cultura.gob.ar. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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