Flores Island

Summary

Flores Island is an island^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (582 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Flores Island is located in East Nusa Tenggara^[3].
• Flores Island is in the country of Indonesia^[4].
• Flores Island is on the body of water Indian Ocean^[5].
• Flores Island's image is recorded as Bajawa.jpg^[6].
• Flores Island's continent is recorded as Asia^[7].
• Flores Island's instance of is recorded as island^[8].
• Flores Island's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315129180^[9].
• Flores Island's GND ID is recorded as 4098001-7^[10].
• Flores Island's part of is recorded as Lesser Sunda Islands^[11].
• Flores Island's Commons category is recorded as Flores, Indonesia^[12].
• Flores Island's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 7219477^[13].
• Flores Island's highest point is recorded as Poco Likang^[14].
• Flores Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -8.715, 'lon': 121.495555555556}^[15].
• Flores Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0312w^[16].
• Flores Island's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge994909^[17].
• Flores Island's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Lesser Sunda Islands^[18].
• Flores Island's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Flores Island (Indonesia)^[19].
• Flores Island's page banner is recorded as Flores (Indonesia) banner.JPG^[20].
• Flores Island's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1831000'}^[21].
• Flores Island's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0027241^[22].
• Flores Island's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[23].
• Flores Island's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition^[24].
• Flores Island's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Flores-Indonesia^[25].
• Flores Island's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Flores^[26].
• Flores Island's GeoNames ID is recorded as 9062332^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Flores Island include Homo floresiensis^[28], a fossil taxon^[29]; HNLMS Flores^[30], a gunboat^[31]; and Trigonopterus florensis^[32], a taxon^[33].

Why It Matters

Flores Island ranks in the top 2% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (582 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for it include Homo floresiensis^[28], a fossil taxon^[29]; HNLMS Flores^[30], a gunboat^[31]; and Trigonopterus florensis^[32], a taxon^[33].