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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8:Gnis" title="قالب:Gnis – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="قالب:Gnis" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86:Gnis" title="شابلون:Gnis – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="شابلون:Gnis" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal:GNIS" title="Mal:GNIS – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Mal:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F:GNIS" title="টেমপ্লেট:GNIS – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="টেমপ্লেট:GNIS" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD:GNIS" title="Шаблон:GNIS – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Шаблон:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F:GNIS" title="टेम्पलेट:GNIS – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="टेम्पलेट:GNIS" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlog:Gnis" title="Vorlog:Gnis – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Vorlog:Gnis" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantilla:GNIS" title="Plantilla:GNIS – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Plantilla:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ablona:GNIS" title="Šablona:GNIS – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Šablona:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skabelon:GNIS" title="Skabelon:GNIS – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Skabelon:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage:Gnis" title="Vorlage:Gnis – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Vorlage:Gnis" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%84%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF:GNIS" title="Πρότυπο:GNIS – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πρότυπο:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantilla:GNIS" title="Plantilla:GNIS – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Plantilla:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Cablono:Gnis" title="Ŝablono:Gnis – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ŝablono:Gnis" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%AF%D9%88:GNIS" title="الگو:GNIS – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="الگو:GNIS" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:GNIS" title="Modèle:GNIS – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Modèle:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8B%80:GNIS" title="틀:GNIS – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="틀:GNIS" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templat:GNIS" title="Templat:GNIS – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Templat:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sni%C3%B0:GNIS" title="Snið:GNIS – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Snið:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Gnis" title="Template:Gnis – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Template:Gnis" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eablon:PANE" title="Şablon:PANE – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Şablon:PANE" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veidne:Gnis" title="Veidne:Gnis – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Veidne:Gnis" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ablonas:Gnis" title="Šablonas:Gnis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Šablonas:Gnis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sablon:GNIS" title="Sablon:GNIS – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Sablon:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B0:GNIS" title="Предлошка:GNIS – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Предлошка:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AB%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%82:GNIS_3" title="ഫലകം:GNIS 3 – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഫലകം:GNIS 3" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8:GNIS" title="قالب:GNIS – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="قالب:GNIS" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templat:GNIS" title="Templat:GNIS – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Templat:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:GNIS" title="Template:GNIS – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="Template:GNIS" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Gnis" title="Template:Gnis – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Template:Gnis" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B6rlaag:GNIS" title="Vörlaag:GNIS – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Vörlaag:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predefini%C3%A7%C3%A3o:GNIS" title="Predefinição:GNIS – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Predefinição:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Format:Gnis" title="Format:Gnis – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Format:Gnis" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD:GNIS" title="Шаблон:GNIS – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Шаблон:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:GNIS" title="Template:GNIS – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Template:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stampa:Gnis" title="Stampa:Gnis – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Stampa:Gnis" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:GNIS" title="Template:GNIS – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Template:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0abl%C3%B3na:Gnis" title="Šablóna:Gnis – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Šablóna:Gnis" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predloga:GNIS" title="Predloga:GNIS – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Predloga:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%95%DB%8E%DA%98%DB%95:GNIS" title="داڕێژە:GNIS – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="داڕێژە:GNIS" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD:GNIS" title="Шаблон:GNIS – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Шаблон:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ablon:GNIS" title="Šablon:GNIS – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Šablon:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mall:GNIS" title="Mall:GNIS – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Mall:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81:GNIS" title="வார்ப்புரு:GNIS – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="வார்ப்புரு:GNIS" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%91%E1%82%85%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%95%E1%80%9C%E1%80%B5%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA%E1%82%89:GNIS" title="ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:GNIS – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:GNIS" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%88%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%9A:Gnis" title="แม่แบบ:Gnis – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="แม่แบบ:Gnis" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eablon:GNIS" title="Şablon:GNIS – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Şablon:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD:GNIS" title="Шаблон:GNIS – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Шаблон:GNIS" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%86%DB%81:GNIS" title="سانچہ:GNIS – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="سانچہ:GNIS" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%E1%BA%A3n_m%E1%BA%ABu:Gnis" title="Bản mẫu:Gnis – 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of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q5619685" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div 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.ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}</style><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-style" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Warning" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/74/Ambox_warning_yellow.svg/40px-Ambox_warning_yellow.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/74/Ambox_warning_yellow.svg/60px-Ambox_warning_yellow.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/74/Ambox_warning_yellow.svg/80px-Ambox_warning_yellow.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="386" data-file-height="334" /></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This template is used on <a class="external text" href="https://linkcount.toolforge.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&page=Template%3AGNIS#transclusions">approximately 56,000 pages</a></b> and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's <a href="/wiki/Template:GNIS/sandbox" title="Template:GNIS/sandbox">/sandbox</a> or <a href="/wiki/Template:GNIS/testcases" title="Template:GNIS/testcases">/testcases</a> subpages, or in your own <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages#SUB" title="Wikipedia:User pages">user subpage</a>. 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/40px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/60px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/80px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="590" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikidata" title="Wikidata">Wikidata</a> has the properties: <ul><li><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg/4px-Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="4" height="4" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg/6px-Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg/8px-Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="460" data-file-height="460" /></span></span> <b><i><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P590" class="extiw" title="d:Property talk:P590">GNIS Feature ID (P590)</a></i></b> (see <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%3FWikidata_item_%20%3FWikidata_item_Label%20%3Fvalue%20%3FvalueLabel%20%3FEnglish_Wikipedia_article%20%23Show%20data%20in%20this%20order%0A%7B%0A%09%3FWikidata_item_%20wdt%3AP590%20%3Fvalue%20.%20%23Collecting%20all%20items%20which%20have%20P590%20data%2C%20from%20whole%20Wikidata%20item%20pages%0A%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%3FEnglish_Wikipedia_article%20schema%3Aabout%20%3FWikidata_item_%3B%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%7D%20%23If%20collected%20item%20has%20link%20to%20English%20Wikipedia%2C%20show%20that%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%20%7D%20%23Show%20label%20in%20this%20language.%20%22en%22%20is%20English.%20%20%20%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%201000">uses</a></span>)</li><li><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg/4px-Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="4" height="4" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg/6px-Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg/8px-Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="460" data-file-height="460" /></span></span> <b><i><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P804" class="extiw" title="d:Property talk:P804">GNIS Antarctica ID (P804)</a></i></b> (see <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%3FWikidata_item_%20%3FWikidata_item_Label%20%3Fvalue%20%3FvalueLabel%20%3FEnglish_Wikipedia_article%20%23Show%20data%20in%20this%20order%0A%7B%0A%09%3FWikidata_item_%20wdt%3AP804%20%3Fvalue%20.%20%23Collecting%20all%20items%20which%20have%20P804%20data%2C%20from%20whole%20Wikidata%20item%20pages%0A%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%3FEnglish_Wikipedia_article%20schema%3Aabout%20%3FWikidata_item_%3B%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%7D%20%23If%20collected%20item%20has%20link%20to%20English%20Wikipedia%2C%20show%20that%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%20%7D%20%23Show%20label%20in%20this%20language.%20%22en%22%20is%20English.%20%20%20%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%201000">uses</a></span>)</li></ul></div></div> </div> <p><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Template:GNIS</a> generates an external link to a Feature Detail Report from the <a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">Geographic Names Information System</a> (GNIS), published by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Geological_Survey" title="United States Geological Survey">United States Geological Survey</a> (USGS). The link is displayed as "U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: <i>Name</i>", where <i>Name</i> is either the Wikipedia article name (<code>{{PAGENAME}}</code>) or an optionally specified name. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Usage">Usage</h2></div> <p>The only required parameter is the GNIS Feature ID number (optionally, this parameter can be named <code>id</code>). The template then uses the Wikipedia article name as part of the <a href="/wiki/Anchor_text" title="Anchor text">anchor text</a>. </p> <pre>{{GNIS|<i>ID</i>}} {{GNIS|id=<i>ID</i>}} </pre> <p>If desired, a feature name other than the article name can be specified in a second unnamed parameter (optionally, this can be named <code>name</code>). This can be used if the article name contains disambiguation or when the GNIS feature name is different than the article name. </p> <pre>{{GNIS|<i>ID</i>|<i>Name</i>}} {{GNIS|id=<i>ID</i>|name=<i>Name</i>}} </pre> <p>For GNIS features in Antarctica, add <code>|type=antarid</code>. </p> <pre>{{GNIS|<i>ID</i>|type=antarid}} {{GNIS|id=<i>ID</i>|type=antarid}} </pre> <pre>{{GNIS|<i>ID</i>|<i>Name</i>|type=antarid}} {{GNIS|id=<i>ID</i>|name=<i>Name</i>|type=antarid}} </pre> <p>For GNIS types <a href="#Retired_data">types of features retired in 2021</a>, add <code>|type=retired</code>. </p> <pre>{{GNIS|<i>ID</i>|type=retired}} {{GNIS|id=<i>ID</i>|type=retired}} </pre> <pre>{{GNIS|<i>ID</i>|<i>Name</i>|type=retired}} {{GNIS|id=<i>ID</i>|name=<i>Name</i>|type=retired}} </pre> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="TemplateData">TemplateData</h2></div> <div class="templatedata-header">This is the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TemplateData" title="Wikipedia:TemplateData">TemplateData</a> for this template used by <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TemplateWizard" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:TemplateWizard">TemplateWizard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor" title="Wikipedia:VisualEditor">VisualEditor</a> and other tools. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bambots.brucemyers.com/TemplateParam.php?wiki=enwiki&template=GNIS">See a monthly parameter usage report</a> for <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Template:GNIS</a> in articles based on its TemplateData. <p><b>TemplateData for GNIS</b> </p> </div> <section class="mw-templatedata-doc-wrap"><header><p class="mw-templatedata-doc-desc">This template generates an external link to a Feature Detail Report from the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), published by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The link is displayed as 'U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Name', where Name is either the Wikipedia article name ({{PAGENAME}}) or an optionally specified name.</p></header><table class="wikitable mw-templatedata-doc-params sortable"><caption><p class="mw-templatedata-caption">Template parameters<span class="mw-editsection-like"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:GNIS/doc&action=edit&templatedata=edit" title="Template:GNIS/doc">Edit template data</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></p></caption><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Parameter</th><th>Description</th><th>Type</th><th>Status</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th>ID</th><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-name"><code>1</code> <code class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-alias">id</code></td><td><p>GNIS Feature ID, a number without leading zeros.</p><dl><dt>Default</dt><dd></dd></dl></td><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-type">Number</td><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-status-required" data-sort-value="2">required</td></tr><tr><th>Name</th><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-name"><code>2</code> <code class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-alias">name</code></td><td><p>GNIS Feature Name or other descriptive text. If not given it defaults to the Wikipedia article name</p><dl><dt>Default</dt><dd>{{PAGENAME}}</dd></dl></td><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-type">String</td><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-status-optional" data-sort-value="0">optional</td></tr><tr><th>Type</th><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-name"><code>type</code></td><td><p>Use the value 'antarid' for features in Antarctica. Use the value 'retired' for feature types retired in 2021.</p><dl><dt>Default</dt><dd></dd></dl></td><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-type">String</td><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-status-optional" data-sort-value="0">optional</td></tr></tbody></table></section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Instructions">Instructions</h2></div> <ol><li>Go to the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names">GNIS Feature Search</a> page.</li> <li>Search for the name, location, and/or class of the feature desired, e.g., to find a mountain called 'Mt. Foo', type '<code>mount foo</code>' in the Feature Name box and select 'Summit' from the Feature Class list.</li> <li>Copy the id number for the desired feature (above its name) and insert it into the <code>{{GNIS|...}}</code> template.</li> <li>The latitude and longitude can also be copied and used in the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Coord" title="Template:Coord">coord</a>}}</code> template, inserting the '<code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|</code>' vertical bar between degrees, minutes, seconds, and direction, e.g.: 441613N  0711812W → <code>{{coord|44|16|13|N|071|18|12|W|region:US}}</code></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2></div> <p>URL: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/871352">https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/871352</a> </p> <ul><li><i>Usage:</i> <code>{{GNIS | 871352 | Mount Washington }}</code> <ul><li><i>Result:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/871352">U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Washington</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>Usage:</i> <code>{{GNIS |id= 871352 |name= Mount Washington }}</code> <ul><li><i>Result:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/871352">U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Washington</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>URL: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:2828">https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:2828</a> </p> <ul><li><i>Usage:</i> <code>{{GNIS | 2828 | Clarke Glacier |type= antarid }}</code> <ul><li><i>Result:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:2828">U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clarke Glacier</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>Usage:</i> <code>{{GNIS |id= 2828 |name= Clarke Glacier |type= antarid }}</code> <ul><li><i>Result:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:2828">U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clarke Glacier</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>URL: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://gnis-ld.org/lod/gnis/feature/235365">https://gnis-ld.org/lod/gnis/feature/235365</a> </p> <ul><li><i>Usage:</i> <code>{{GNIS | 235365 | Stanford University |type= retired }}</code> <ul><li><i>Result:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gnis-ld.org/lod/gnis/feature/235365">U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stanford University</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>Usage:</i> <code>{{GNIS |id= 235365 |name= Stanford University |type= retired }}</code> <ul><li><i>Result:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gnis-ld.org/lod/gnis/feature/235365">U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stanford University</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retired_data">Retired data</h2></div> <p>In October 2021, USGS <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/board-on-geographic-names/domestic-names?p=gnispq">announced</a> that several classes of data had been removed from their searchable database: </p> <i><blockquote> <p>The following feature classes will be archived: Airport, Bridge, Building, Cemetery, Church, Dam, Forest, Harbor, Hospital, Mine, Oilfield, Park, Post Office, Reserve, School, Tower, Trail, Tunnel, and Well. </p> </blockquote></i> <p>If you encounter articles with GNIS links that return the error "The ID does not exist", they were probably for records in one of these classes. In this case, specify <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|type=retired</code>, and a link will be generated to a KnowWhereGraph <a href="/wiki/Linked_open_data" class="mw-redirect" title="Linked open data">linked open data</a> listing for the GNIS feature that reflects any ad hoc edits made to the feature since retirement. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <dl><dt>Other GNIS templates</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:GNIS_2" title="Template:GNIS 2">GNIS 2</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> – link with anchor text "[1]" or "<i>Name</i>"</li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:GNIS_URL" title="Template:GNIS URL">GNIS URL</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> – link as bare <a href="/wiki/URL" title="URL">URL</a> only, without anchor text</li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:GNIS_4" title="Template:GNIS 4">GNIS 4</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> – link with GNIS Feature ID number as the anchor text</li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_gnis" title="Template:Cite gnis">Cite gnis</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> – link using the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">Cite web</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template, for use as a reference</li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_gnis2" title="Template:Cite gnis2">Cite gnis2</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> – link using the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Citation" title="Template:Citation">Citation</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template, for use as a reference with anchor text</li></ul> <dl><dt>Similar templates</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Mountain_index_row" title="Template:Mountain index row">Mountain index row</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> – includes an 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