Isles of Scilly

archipelago and local government district off the south-westernmost point of mainland Britain
Place archipelago Q180209
Isles of Scilly
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Isles of Scilly

Summary

Isles of Scilly is an archipelago[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of archipelago entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,843 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Isles of Scilly is located in Cornwall[3].
  • Isles of Scilly is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Isles of Scilly is on the body of water Celtic Sea[5].
  • Isles of Scilly's image is recorded as Isles of Scilly NASA.jpg[6].
  • Isles of Scilly's instance of is recorded as archipelago[7].
  • Isles of Scilly's instance of is recorded as non-metropolitan district[8].
  • Isles of Scilly's instance of is recorded as unitary authority area in England[9].
  • Isles of Scilly's capital is recorded as Hugh Town[10].
  • Isles of Scilly's flag image is recorded as ScillonianCross.svg[11].
  • Isles of Scilly's flag is recorded as Scillonian Cross[12].
  • Isles of Scilly's legislative body is recorded as Council of the Isles of Scilly[13].
  • Isles of Scilly's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 129267021[14].
  • Isles of Scilly's GND ID is recorded as 4054028-5[15].
  • Isles of Scilly's locator map image is recorded as Isles of Scilly UK location map.svg[16].
  • Isles of Scilly's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nb2008023910[17].
  • Isles of Scilly's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119594601[18].
  • Isles of Scilly's IdRef ID is recorded as 027586391[19].
  • Isles of Scilly's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as GB-IOS[20].
  • Isles of Scilly's part of is recorded as British Isles[21].
  • Isles of Scilly's Commons category is recorded as Isles of Scilly[22].
  • Isles of Scilly's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 158039[23].
  • Isles of Scilly's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[24].
  • Isles of Scilly's has part is recorded as Tresco[25].
  • Isles of Scilly's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 49.92, 'lon': -6.3}[26].
  • Isles of Scilly's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0740m[27].

Body

Geography

Isles of Scilly is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Cornwall[3]. It is on the body of water Celtic Sea[5]. Its part of is recorded as British Isles[21].

Physical Characteristics

Isles of Scilly's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+16.3376'}[28]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+51'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+2300'}[30], {'amount': '+2242'}[31], and {'amount': '+2281'}[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archipelago[7], non-metropolitan district[8], and unitary authority area in England[9]. Isles of Scilly's heritage designation is recorded as National Landscape[33].

Why It Matters

Isles of Scilly ranks in the top 2% of archipelago entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,843 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  11. [5] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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