Thule

Summary

Thule is a phantom island^[1]. Thule ranks in the top 4% of phantom_island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,043 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Thule's image is recorded as Mappa di Eratostene.jpg^[3].
• Thule's instance of is recorded as phantom island^[4].
• Thule's part of is recorded as Greek mythology^[5].
• Thule's Commons category is recorded as Thule (mythological island)^[6].
• Thule's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01prr1^[7].
• Thule's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0065953^[8].
• Thule's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[9].
• Thule's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• Thule's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• Thule's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia^[12].
• Thule's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[13].
• Thule's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[14].
• Thule's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[15].
• Thule's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/ultima-Thule^[16].
• Thule's different from is recorded as Thule^[17].
• Thule's different from is recorded as Thule^[18].
• Thule's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 4219038^[19].
• Thule's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as thule^[20].
• Thule's Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID is recorded as tule^[21].
• Thule's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Ultima_Thule^[22].
• Thule's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i83761^[23].
• Thule's Krugosvet article is recorded as istoriya/FULA.html^[24].
• Thule's Klexikon article ID is recorded as Thule^[25].
• Thule's ToposText place ID is recorded as 000000UThu^[26].
• Thule's Lex ID is recorded as Thule^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Thule include Thule Society^[28], a secret society^[29], in Weimar Republic^[30], founded in 1918^[31], headquartered in Bavaria^[32]; thulium^[33], a chemical element^[34]; Thule Island^[35], an island^[36], in United Kingdom^[37]; 279 Thule^[38], an asteroid^[39]; and HSwMS Thule^[40], a coastal defense ship^[41].

Why It Matters

Thule ranks in the top 4% of phantom_island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,043 views/month).^[2] Thule has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] Thule is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for Thule include Thule Society^[28], a secret society^[29], in Weimar Republic^[30], founded in 1918^[31], headquartered in Bavaria^[32]; thulium^[33], a chemical element^[34]; Thule Island^[35], an island^[36], in United Kingdom^[37]; 279 Thule^[38], an asteroid^[39]; and HSwMS Thule^[40], a coastal defense ship^[41].