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Isle of Noss

small, previously inhabited island in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Landform island Q1674272
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Summary

Isle of Noss is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (107 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Shetland Islands[3], Bressay[4]
  • Country: United Kingdom[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: North Sea[6], Noss Sound[7]
  • Instance of: protected area[8]
  • Location: Shetland Islands[9]
  • Part of: Shetland Islands[10]
  • Commons category: Isle of Noss[11]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Shetland Islands[12]
  • Official website: https://www.nature.scot/enjoying-outdoors/places-visit/scotlands-national-nature-reserves/noss-national-nature-reserve[13]
  • Population: 0[14]
  • Heritage designation: Site of Special Scientific Interest[15], national nature reserve[16]
  • Length: 2.9 km[17]
  • Area: 343.83 ha[18], 313 ha[19]
  • Width: 1.8 km[20]
  • Located in protected area: Noss Special Protection Area[21]
  • Historic county: Shetland Islands[22]

Why It Matters

Isle of Noss has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . sitelink.nature.scot. sitelink.nature.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . sitelink.nature.scot. sitelink.nature.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . sitelink.nature.scot. sitelink.nature.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . sitelink.nature.scot. sitelink.nature.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . sitelink.nature.scot. sitelink.nature.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . sitelink.nature.scot. sitelink.nature.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 13d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fr', 'gd', 'it', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 24w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Instance of → island, protected area
    Part of → Shetland Islands
    Area → {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+343.83'}, {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+313'}
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Island", "Noss::97p97"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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