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Hoy

island in the Orkney Islands group, Scotland, UK
Landform island Q1139771
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Summary

Hoy is an island[1]. Hoy ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (484 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Orkney Islands[3], Hoy and Graemsay[4]
  • Country: United Kingdom[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[6]
  • Capital: Lyness[7]
  • Part of: Orkney Islands[8]
  • Commons category: Hoy[9]
  • Highest point: Ward Hill[10]
  • Located in/on physical feature: North Sea[11]
  • Official website: http://www.hoyorkney.com[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hoy, Orkney[13]
  • Population: 419[14]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16]
  • Heritage designation: Site of Special Scientific Interest[17]
  • Present in work: Hjaðningavíg[18]
  • Native label: Hoy[19]
  • Length: 20 km[20]
  • Area: 143.18 km²[21]
  • Width: 9 km[22]
  • Historic county: Orkney Islands[23]

Why It Matters

Hoy has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Hoy is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . scotlandscensus.gov.uk. scotlandscensus.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Skáldskaparmál. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in/on physical feature → North Sea
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+143.18'}
    Sitelink count → 34
    Part of → —
    + 26 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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