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Brough of Birsay

an uninhabited tidal island off the north-west coast of The Mainland of Orkney, Scotland
Landform island Q594381
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Summary

Brough of Birsay is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (809 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Orkney Islands[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[5]
  • Instance of: tidal island[6]
  • Part of: Orkney Islands[7]
  • Commons category: Brough of Birsay[8]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Orkney Islands[9]
  • Historic county: Orkney Islands[10]

Why It Matters

Brough of Birsay has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . 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. 12d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in/on physical feature → Orkney Islands
    Viaf cluster id → 315526714
    Part of → —
    Coordinates → —
    + 13 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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