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Boreray

uninhabited island in St Kilda archipelago, Scotland
Landform island Q151635
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Summary

Boreray is an island[1]. Boreray ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (263 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Outer Hebrides[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[5]
  • Owned by: National Trust for Scotland[6]
  • Operator: National Trust for Scotland[7]
  • Part of: St Kilda[8]
  • Commons category: Boreray, St Kilda[9]
  • Located in/on physical feature: St Kilda[10], Outer Hebrides[11]
  • Population: 0[12]
  • Area: 0.77 km²[13]
  • Historic county: Inverness-shire[14]

Why It Matters

Boreray has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Boreray is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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/on physical feature → St Kilda, Outer Hebrides
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+0.77'}
    Part of → —
    Coordinates → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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