Hans Island

island off the coast of Ellesmere Island, belonging to Canada and Denmark
Landform island Q681389
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Hans Island

Summary

Hans Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,021 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hans Island is located in Avannaata[3].
  • Hans Island is located in Qikiqtaaluk Region[4].
  • Hans Island is in the country of Kingdom of Denmark[5].
  • Hans Island is in the country of Canada[6].
  • Hans Island is on the body of water Kennedy Channel[7].
  • Hans Island's image is recorded as HansIsland.png[8].
  • Hans Island's instance of is recorded as island[9].
  • Hans Hendrik is named after Hans Island[10].
  • kidney is named after Hans Island[11].
  • Hans Island's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 2428170868748922930002[12].
  • Hans Island's part of is recorded as Canada–Denmark border[13].
  • Hans Island's Commons category is recorded as Hans Island[14].
  • Hans Island's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 11602182[15].
  • Hans Island's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−05:00[16].
  • Hans Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 80.826389, 'lon': -66.458333}[17].
  • Hans Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01wbs4[18].
  • Hans Island's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Kennedy Channel[19].
  • Hans Island's significant event is recorded as Whisky War[20].
  • Hans Island's CGNDB unique ID is recorded as OAGVO[21].
  • Hans Island's spoken text audio is recorded as Nl-Hanseiland-article.ogg[22].
  • Hans Island's population is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[23].
  • Hans Island's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5970356[24].
  • Hans Island's detail map is recorded as Nares strait border (Kennedy channel).png[25].
  • Hans Island's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 9224413[26].
  • Hans Island's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'kl', 'text': 'Tartupaluk'}[27].

Why It Matters

Hans Island ranks in the top 1% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,021 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . cbc.ca. Retrieved . cbc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . nyheder.tv2.dk. Retrieved . nyheder.tv2.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Canadian Geographical Names Database. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . nyheder.tv2.dk. Retrieved . nyheder.tv2.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . 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.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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