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Anvers Island

high, mountainous island 61 km (38 miles) long, outside Antarctica
Landform island Q612965
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Summary

Anvers Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (151 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: John Biscoe[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Antarctic Treaty area[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Southern Ocean[5]
  • Continent: Antarctica[6]
  • Named after: Province of Antwerp[7]
  • Part of: Palmer Archipelago[8]
  • Commons category: Anvers Island[9]
  • Time of discovery or invention: January 1, 1832[10]
  • Highest point: Mount Francais[11]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Palmer Archipelago[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Anvers Island[13]
  • Population: 50[14]
  • Native label: Anvers Island[15]
  • Length: 74 km[16]
  • Elevation above sea level: 2761 m[17]
  • Area: 2432 km²[18]
  • Width: 55 km[19]
  • Named by: Belgian Antarctic Expedition[20]

Why It Matters

Anvers Island has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Anvers Island. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/anvers-island
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_anvers-island_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Anvers Island}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/anvers-island}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 15d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'bg', 'ceb', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fr', 'gl', 'he', 'it',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|1 */ Geonames id: 6620715, Cleanup: remove self_stated_in refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  3. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Island", "AnversIsland"]
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Island", "AnversIsland"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
  4. 24w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Width → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+55'}
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2761'}
    Named by → Belgian Antarctic Expedition
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Antarctic Treaty area, fix redirect Antarctic Treaty area → Antarctic Treaty area ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/bf164d4e5ee1|d"
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