Pine Gap

Earth station in Australia
Place ground_station Q1754535
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Pine Gap

Summary

Pine Gap is a ground station[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of ground_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,032 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pine Gap is located in Northern Territory[3].
  • Pine Gap is in the country of Australia[4].
  • Pine Gap's image is recorded as Pine Gap by Skyring.jpg[5].
  • Pine Gap's instance of is recorded as ground station[6].
  • Pine Gap's instance of is recorded as listening station[7].
  • Pine Gap's operator is recorded as Central Intelligence Agency[8].
  • Pine Gap's operator is recorded as National Security Agency[9].
  • Pine Gap's operator is recorded as National Reconnaissance Office[10].
  • Pine Gap is named after Pine Gap[11].
  • Pine Gap's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126767651[12].
  • Pine Gap's GND ID is recorded as 4215009-7[13].
  • Pine Gap's Commons category is recorded as Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap[14].
  • +1970-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pine Gap[15].
  • Pine Gap's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -23.8, 'lon': 133.7375}[16].
  • Pine Gap's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01hktj[17].
  • Pine Gap's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+589'}[18].
  • Pine Gap's National Pollutant Inventory ID is recorded as NT425[19].
  • Pine Gap's Analysis & Policy Observatory term ID is recorded as 60711[20].
  • Pine Gap's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007564827905171[21].

Body

Geography

Pine Gap is in the country of Australia[4]. It is located in Northern Territory[3].

Physical Characteristics

Pine Gap's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+589'}[18].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ground station[6] and listening station[7].

History and Context

+1970-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pine Gap[15]. It is named after it[11].

Why It Matters

Pine Gap ranks in the top 4% of ground_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,032 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . 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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Pine Gap. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/pine-gap
MLA “Pine Gap.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/pine-gap.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_pine-gap_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Pine Gap}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/pine-gap}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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