Jarvis Island

coral island located in the South Pacific Ocean
Place protected_area Q62218
Jarvis Island
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Jarvis Island

Summary

Jarvis Island is a protected area[1]. It ranks in the top 0.65% of protected_area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (415 views/month, #10 of 1,535).[2]

Key Facts

  • Jarvis Island is located in United States Minor Outlying Islands[3].
  • Jarvis Island is in the country of United States[4].
  • Jarvis Island is on the body of water Pacific Ocean[5].
  • Jarvis Island's image is recorded as Jarvis Island Guano Tramway.jpg[6].
  • Jarvis Island's instance of is recorded as protected area[7].
  • Jarvis Island's instance of is recorded as insular area of the United States[8].
  • Jarvis Island's instance of is recorded as island[9].
  • Jarvis Island's maintained by is recorded as United States Fish and Wildlife Service[10].
  • Jarvis Island's operator is recorded as United States Fish and Wildlife Service[11].
  • Edward, Thomas and William Jarvis is named after Jarvis Island[12].
  • Jarvis Island's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315164010[13].
  • Jarvis Island's locator map image is recorded as United States in Oceania (Jarvis Island special) (small islands magnified) (-mini map -rivers).svg[14].
  • Jarvis Island's location is recorded as Pacific Ocean[15].
  • Jarvis Island's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as UM-86[16].
  • Jarvis Island's part of is recorded as Line Islands[17].
  • Jarvis Island's part of is recorded as Central Line Islands[18].
  • Jarvis Island's Commons category is recorded as Jarvis Island[19].
  • Jarvis Island's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 7248459[20].
  • Jarvis Island's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−11:00[21].
  • +1935-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Jarvis Island[22].
  • Jarvis Island's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1821-01-21T00:00:00Z[23].
  • Jarvis Island's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1802703[24].
  • Jarvis Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -0.37207, 'lon': -159.99699}[25].
  • Jarvis Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03_x1[26].
  • Jarvis Island's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Line Islands[27].

Body

Geography

Jarvis Island is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in United States Minor Outlying Islands[3]. It is on the body of water Pacific Ocean[5]. Part of include Line Islands[17], an archipelago[28], in Kiribati[29] and Central Line Islands[18], a region[30].

Physical Characteristics

Jarvis Island's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+4.75'}[31]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+7'}[32]. Its length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+2.9'}[33]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include protected area[7], insular area of the United States[8], and island[9].

History and Context

+1935-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Jarvis Island[22]. Edward, Thomas and William Jarvis is named after it[12].

Why It Matters

Jarvis Island ranks in the top 0.65% of protected_area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (415 views/month, #10 of 1,535).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] . 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.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . wikidata.org.
  27. [33] . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · ToscaHardy · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Category for maps or plans Category:Maps of Jarvis Island
    Coordinate location {'lat': -0.37207, 'lon': -159.99699}
    Located in/on physical feature Line Islands
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