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Calf of Eday

an uninhabited island in Orkney, Scotland
Landform island Q1026659
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Summary

Calf of Eday is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 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]
  • Postal code: HY580393[6]
  • Part of: Orkney Islands[7]
  • Commons category: Calf of Eday[8]
  • Located in/on physical feature: North Sea[9]
  • Population: 0[10]
  • Heritage designation: Site of Special Scientific Interest[11], Special Protection Area[12]
  • Elevation above sea level: 54 m[13]
  • Area: 243 ha[14]
  • Historic county: Orkney Islands[15]

Why It Matters

Calf of Eday has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . scotlandscensus.gov.uk. scotlandscensus.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Calf of Eday. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/calf-of-eday
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_calf-of-eday_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Calf of Eday}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/calf-of-eday}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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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. 9d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'gd', 'it', 'nn',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Orkney Islands
    Aliases → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 59.2333, 'lon': -2.73333}
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Island", "CalfOfEday::85h6p"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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