Karkar Island

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Karkar Island

Summary

Karkar Island is a volcanic island[1]. It draws 40 Wikipedia views per month (volcanic_island category, ranking #40 of 77).[2]

Key Facts

  • Karkar Island is located in Madang Province[3].
  • Karkar Island is in the country of Papua New Guinea[4].
  • Karkar Island is on the body of water Bismarck Sea[5].
  • Karkar Island's image is recorded as Karkar volcano.jpg[6].
  • Karkar Island's instance of is recorded as volcanic island[7].
  • Karkar Island's instance of is recorded as mountain[8].
  • Karkar Island's Commons category is recorded as Karkar Island[9].
  • Karkar Island's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 9792378[10].
  • Karkar Island's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+10:00[11].
  • Karkar Island's point in time is recorded as +2014-03-26T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Karkar Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -4.633333, 'lon': 145.966667}[13].
  • Karkar Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -4.6341666666667, 'lon': 145.97444444444}[14].
  • Karkar Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/071nr6[15].
  • Karkar Island's population is recorded as {'amount': '+65000'}[16].
  • Karkar Island's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10036822[17].
  • Karkar Island's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0511157[18].
  • Karkar Island's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19].
  • Karkar Island's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Karkar-island-Papua-New-Guinea[20].
  • Karkar Island's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2094547[21].
  • Karkar Island's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1007646[22].
  • Karkar Island's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Karkar Island'}[23].
  • Karkar Island's Global Volcanism Program ID is recorded as 251030[24].
  • Karkar Island's different from is recorded as Qarqar River[25].
  • Karkar Island's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+25'}[26].
  • Karkar Island's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1839'}[27].

Body

Geography

Karkar Island is in the country of Papua New Guinea[4]. It is located in Madang Province[3]. It is on the body of water Bismarck Sea[5].

Physical Characteristics

Karkar Island's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+362'}[28]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1839'}[27]. Its length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+25'}[26]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+65000'}[16].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include volcanic island[7] and mountain[8].

Why It Matters

Karkar Island draws 40 Wikipedia views per month (volcanic_island category, ranking #40 of 77).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . Q1194038. geonames.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . Q1194038. geonames.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code Entity["Island", "KarkarIsland"]
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Island", "KarkarIsland"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
  2. 4w ago · ToscaHardy · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Width {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+19'}
    Elevation above sea level {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1839'}
    Point in time
    Area {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+362'}
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/29481|batch #29481]]"
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