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Bressay

populated island in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Landform island Q565640
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Bressay

Summary

Bressay is an island[1]. Bressay ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bressay is located in Shetland Islands[3].
  • Bressay is located in Bressay[4].
  • Bressay is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Bressay is on the body of water North Sea[6].
  • Bressay is on the body of water Bressay Sound[7].
  • Bressay is on the body of water Noss Sound[8].
  • Bressay's image is recorded as Bressay Lighthouse a.JPG[9].
  • Bressay's instance of is recorded as island[10].
  • Bressay's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 244772080[11].
  • Bressay's locator map image is recorded as VK Bressay.PNG[12].
  • Bressay's part of is recorded as Shetland Islands[13].
  • Bressay's Commons category is recorded as Bressay[14].
  • Bressay's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2291884[15].
  • Bressay's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 60.15, 'lon': -1.0833333333333}[16].
  • Bressay's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ftc7[17].
  • Bressay's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Shetland Islands[18].
  • Bressay's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bressay[19].
  • Bressay's Commons gallery is recorded as Bressay[20].
  • Bressay's page banner is recorded as Bressay banner view from Lerwick.jpg[21].
  • Bressay's population is recorded as {'amount': '+368'}[22].
  • Bressay's coordinates of northernmost point is recorded as {'lat': 60.189589, 'lon': -1.080071}[23].
  • Bressay's coordinates of southernmost point is recorded as {'lat': 60.102689, 'lon': -1.072732}[24].
  • Bressay's coordinates of easternmost point is recorded as {'lat': 60.166416, 'lon': -1.045695}[25].
  • Bressay's coordinates of westernmost point is recorded as {'lat': 60.173273, 'lon': -1.148323}[26].
  • Bressay's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27].

Why It Matters

Bressay ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).[2] Bressay has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . maps.nls.uk. maps.nls.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . maps.nls.uk. maps.nls.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . maps.nls.uk. maps.nls.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . maps.nls.uk. maps.nls.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. 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. 17d ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Width → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+5'}
    Instance of → island
    Coordinates of easternmost point → {'lat': 60.166416, 'lon': -1.045695}
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Island", "Bressay::n844h"]
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Island", "Bressay::n844h"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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