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Isle of Bute

island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland
Landform island Q1147435
Isle of Bute
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Summary

Isle of Bute is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,978 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Argyll and Bute[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[5]
  • Capital: Rothesay[6]
  • Commons category: Isle of Bute[7]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Firth of Clyde[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Isle of Bute[9]
  • Population: 6498[10], 7228[11]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14]
  • Different from: Bute[15], Snake Island[16]
  • Length: 24 km[17]
  • Elevation above sea level: 278 m[18]
  • Area: 12,217 ha[19]
  • Width: 8 km[20]
  • Historic county: Buteshire[21]

Why It Matters

Isle of Bute has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Snake Island United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . 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. 11d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 33
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'be', 'br', 'ceb', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'et',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 7w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+278'}
    Coordinates → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||uk, lv */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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