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Isle of May

island in the north of the outer Firth of Forth
Landform island Q1575611
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Isle of May

Summary

Isle of May is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (165 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Isle of May is located in Fife[3].
  • Isle of May is located in Pittenweem[4].
  • Isle of May is located in Anstruther Wester[5].
  • Isle of May is in the country of United Kingdom[6].
  • Isle of May is on the body of water Firth of Forth[7].
  • Isle of May's image is recorded as Isle of May Stevenson Lighthouse.jpg[8].
  • Isle of May's instance of is recorded as island[9].
  • Isle of May's instance of is recorded as national nature reserve[10].
  • Isle of May's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 247402783[11].
  • Isle of May's location is recorded as Firth of Forth[12].
  • Isle of May's Commons category is recorded as Isle of May[13].
  • Isle of May's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[14].
  • Isle of May's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 56.187607, 'lon': -2.556667}[15].
  • Isle of May's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05bwy2[16].
  • Isle of May's located in/on physical feature is recorded as British Isles[17].
  • Isle of May's population is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[18].
  • Isle of May's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19].
  • Isle of May's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • Isle of May's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2642885[21].
  • Isle of May's BBC Things ID is recorded as 3f4e774f-3b88-4653-8392-63cc0908cf1d[22].
  • Isle of May's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+1.8'}[23].
  • Isle of May's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+0.45'}[24].
  • Isle of May's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+0.5'}[25].
  • Isle of May's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2602750[26].
  • Isle of May's TOID is recorded as 4000000074609799[27].

Why It Matters

Isle of May ranks in the top 5% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (165 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 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.

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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. 7w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC±00:00
    Width → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+0.5'}
    Population → —
    Located in/on physical feature → British Isles
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Island", "IsleOfMay::rgsv8"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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