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longitude

geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface
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Summary

longitude ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,763 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: physical quantity[2]
  • Part of: geographic coordinate[3]
  • Commons category: Longitudes[4]
  • Quantity symbol (string): λ[5]
  • Opposite of: latitude[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Meridians (geography)[7]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[8]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[9]

Why It Matters

longitude has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] longitude is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). longitude. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/longitude
MLA “longitude.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 13 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/longitude.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_longitude_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{longitude}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/longitude}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
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  1. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q390
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48942|batch #48942]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM keys"
  2. 10w ago · Chalmd · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bbc things id → 6b2f5279-069c-4b17-806a-3c2165fb93e3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Bbc things id: 6b2f5279-069c-4b17-806a-3c2165fb93e3, Adding BBC Things ID"
  3. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1zzsnD
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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