Pointe du Hoc

point of attack during Operation Overlord in World War II
Place cliff Q284649
Pointe du Hoc
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Pointe du Hoc

Summary

Pointe du Hoc is a cliff[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of cliff entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (513 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pointe du Hoc is in the country of France[3].
  • Pointe du Hoc is on the body of water Baie de la Seine[4].
  • Pointe du Hoc's image is recorded as Geological Pointe du Hoc Calvados, France.jpg[5].
  • Pointe du Hoc's instance of is recorded as cliff[6].
  • Pointe du Hoc's owned by is recorded as Conservatoire du littoral[7].
  • Pointe du Hoc's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 243848638[8].
  • Pointe du Hoc's GND ID is recorded as 4453729-3[9].
  • Pointe du Hoc's location is recorded as Cricqueville-en-Bessin[10].
  • Pointe du Hoc's part of is recorded as Normandy landings[11].
  • Pointe du Hoc's Commons category is recorded as Pointe du Hoc[12].
  • Pointe du Hoc's has part is recorded as Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument[13].
  • Pointe du Hoc's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 49.397857, 'lon': -0.989394}[14].
  • Pointe du Hoc's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/033zfv[15].
  • Pointe du Hoc's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge632492[16].
  • Pointe du Hoc's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pointe du Hoc[17].
  • Pointe du Hoc's Commons gallery is recorded as Pointe du Hoc[18].
  • Pointe du Hoc's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Pointe-du-Hoc[19].
  • Pointe du Hoc's mountain range is recorded as Armorican Massif[20].
  • Pointe du Hoc's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as pointe-du-hoc[21].
  • Pointe du Hoc's OpenStreetMap way ID is recorded as 24892794[22].

Body

Geography

Pointe du Hoc is in the country of France[3]. It is on the body of water Baie de la Seine[4]. Its part of is recorded as Normandy landings[11].

Designation and Status

Pointe du Hoc's instance of is recorded as cliff[6].

History and Context

Pointe du Hoc's owned by is recorded as Conservatoire du littoral[7].

Why It Matters

Pointe du Hoc ranks in the top 4% of cliff entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (513 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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