Thwaites Glacier

Antarctic glacier
Landform glacier Q7799533
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Thwaites Glacier

Summary

Thwaites Glacier is a glacier[1]. It ranks in the top 0.34% of glacier entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,529 views/month, #3 of 883).[2]

Key Facts

  • Thwaites Glacier is located in Q10372207[3].
  • Thwaites Glacier is on the continent of Antarctica[4].
  • Thwaites Glacier's instance of is recorded as glacier[5].
  • Thwaites Glacier's instance of is recorded as ice stream[6].
  • Thwaites Glacier's instance of is recorded as ice shelf[7].
  • Thwaites Glacier's instance of is recorded as ice tongue[8].
  • Fredrik Thwaites is named after Thwaites Glacier[9].
  • Thwaites Glacier's Commons category is recorded as Thwaites Ice Shelf[10].
  • Thwaites Glacier's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': -75.5, 'longitude': -106.75}[11].
  • Thwaites Glacier sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+0'}[12].
  • Thwaites Glacier covers an area of {'amount': '+120000'}[13].
  • Thwaites Glacier's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[14].

Body

Geography

Thwaites Glacier is located in Q10372207[3]. It is on the continent of Antarctica[4].

Physical Characteristics

Thwaites Glacier covers an area of {'amount': '+120000'}[13]. It sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+0'}[12].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include glacier[5], ice stream[6], ice shelf[7], and ice tongue[8].

History and Context

Fredrik Thwaites is named after Thwaites Glacier[9].

Why It Matters

Thwaites Glacier ranks in the top 0.34% of glacier entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,529 views/month, #3 of 883).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Don-vip · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Satellite view → Thwaits Glacier, Antarctica ESA528725.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11832]]: Thwaits Glacier, Antarctica ESA528725.jpg"
  2. 20w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Freebase id → /m/084j1f
    Geonames id → —
    Named after → Fredrik Thwaites
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Q10372207
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P131]]: [[Q10372207]], fix redirect [[Q21590062]] → [[Q10372207]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/bf164d4e5ee1|details]])"
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