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barrier island

coastal landform and a type of dune system
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Summary

barrier island ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,081 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • barrier island is a type of island[2].
  • barrier island is a type of barrier beach[3].
  • barrier island is a type of coastal dune[4].
  • barrier island's Commons category is recorded as Barrier islands[5].
  • barrier island's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Barrier islands[6].
  • barrier island's P14541 is recorded as 41pfmN[7].
  • barrier island's P14541 is recorded as e9h9T[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include island[2], barrier beach[3], and coastal dune[4].

Why It Matters

barrier island ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,081 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . mass.gov. Retrieved . mass.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 14d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 30
    Exact match → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'as', 'az', 'be', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'ga', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_1000751"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 41pfmN, e9h9T
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Barrier islands
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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