Bear Island

Summary

Bear Island is an island^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bear Island is located in Antarctic Treaty area^[3].
• Bear Island is on the body of water Marguerite Bay^[4].
• Bear Island's continent is recorded as Antarctica^[5].
• Bear Island's instance of is recorded as island^[6].
• USS Bear is named after Bear Island^[7].
• Bear Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -68.15111111, 'lon': -67.23888889}^[8].
• Bear Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07z3rx^[9].
• Bear Island's GNIS Antarctica ID is recorded as 1125^[10].
• Bear Island's population is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}^[11].
• Bear Island's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0501023^[12].
• Bear Island's territory claimed by is recorded as Argentina^[13].
• Bear Island's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6620711^[14].
• Bear Island's SCAR Composite Gazetteer place ID is recorded as 1051^[15].
• Bear Island's OpenStreetMap node ID is recorded as 4244062099^[16].
• Bear Island's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as bear^[17].

Why It Matters

Bear Island ranks in the top 7% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]