Block Island

Summary

Block Island is an island^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (591 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Block Island is located in Washington County^[3].
• Block Island is in the country of United States^[4].
• Block Island is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean^[5].
• Block Island's image is recorded as HiRes BlockIsland Aerial 7-23-2015.jpg^[6].
• Block Island's instance of is recorded as island^[7].
• Block Island's GND ID is recorded as 4512428-0^[8].
• Block Island's locator map image is recorded as US East Coast Map with Block Island highligting.jpg^[9].
• Block Island's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2009007386^[10].
• Block Island's postal code is recorded as 02807^[11].
• Block Island's Commons category is recorded as Block Island^[12].
• Block Island's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone^[13].
• +1663-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Block Island^[14].
• Block Island's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1217555^[15].
• Block Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.166666666667, 'lon': -71.583333333333}^[16].
• Block Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/028gm0^[17].
• Block Island's official website is recorded as http://www.new-shoreham.com/^[18].
• Block Island's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Block Island^[19].
• Block Island's page banner is recorded as Block Island Banner.jpg^[20].
• Block Island's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/North_America/United_States/Rhode_Island/Localities/B/Block_Island/^[21].
• Block Island's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1051'}^[22].
• Block Island's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10037055^[23].
• Block Island's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0438491^[24].
• Block Island's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Block-Island^[25].
• Block Island's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6944260^[26].
• Block Island's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5220971^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Block Island include Block Island Wind Farm^[28], an offshore wind farm^[29], in United States^[30] and Block Island State Airport^[31], an airport^[32], in United States^[33].

Why It Matters

Block Island ranks in the top 2% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (591 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for it include Block Island Wind Farm^[28], an offshore wind farm^[29], in United States^[30] and Block Island State Airport^[31], an airport^[32], in United States^[33].