The Palisades

steep cliffs along the west side of the lower Hudson River
Place cliff Q3338968
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The Palisades

Summary

The Palisades is a cliff[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of cliff entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (307 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Palisades is in the country of United States[3].
  • The Palisades's image is recorded as Hudson River Palisades seen from 187th Street crop.jpg[4].
  • The Palisades's instance of is recorded as cliff[5].
  • palisade is named after The Palisades[6].
  • The Palisades's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh86002764[7].
  • The Palisades's location is recorded as Gateway Region[8].
  • The Palisades's part of is recorded as Mid-Atlantic[9].
  • The Palisades's Commons category is recorded as The Palisades (Hudson River)[10].
  • The Palisades's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.9645, 'lon': -73.9086}[11].
  • The Palisades's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02yysz[12].
  • The Palisades's page banner is recorded as Palisades banner View north from Ruckman Point.jpg[13].
  • The Palisades's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Neunzehnter Band[14].
  • The Palisades's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/The-Palisades[15].
  • The Palisades's heritage designation is recorded as America's Most Endangered Historic Places[16].
  • The Palisades's heritage designation is recorded as National Natural Landmark[17].
  • The Palisades's heritage designation is recorded as National Treasure[18].
  • The Palisades's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5102373[19].
  • The Palisades's National Natural Landmarks site ID is recorded as PAHU-NJ[20].
  • The Palisades's National Trust for Historic Preservation ID is recorded as the-palisades[21].
  • The Palisades's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007548846805171[22].
  • The Palisades's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/07ee4f5b-9c0a-49cd-a8bd-d357b79552ee[23].

Body

Geography

The Palisades is in the country of United States[3]. Its part of is recorded as Mid-Atlantic[9].

Designation and Status

The Palisades's instance of is recorded as cliff[5]. Heritage statuses include America's Most Endangered Historic Places[16], National Natural Landmark[17], and National Treasure[18].

History and Context

palisade is named after The Palisades[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for The Palisades include Palisades Sill[24], a sill[25], in United States[26] and Palisade Valley[27], a valley[28].

Why It Matters

The Palisades ranks in the top 6% of cliff entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (307 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for it include Palisades Sill[24], a sill[25], in United States[26] and Palisade Valley[27], a valley[28].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: 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.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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