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Makatea

island in French Polynesia
Landform island Q118904
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Summary

Makatea is an island[1]. Makatea ranks in the top 5% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,145 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Rangiroa[3], Makatea[4]
  • Country: France[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Pacific Ocean[6]
  • Instance of: limestone island[7], raised coral atoll[8]
  • Part of: Palliser Islands[9]
  • Commons category: Makatea (Tuamotu)[10]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1606[11]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Palliser Islands[12]
  • Population: 61[13]
  • Native label: Makatea[14]
  • Length: 7.5 km[15]
  • Elevation above sea level: 80 m[16]
  • Area: 24 km²[17]
  • Width: 7 km[18]

Why It Matters

Makatea has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Makatea is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

France

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Classifying Pacific islands. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_makatea_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Makatea}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/makatea}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-10}}
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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. 4d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in/on physical feature → Palliser Islands
    Image → PSM V01 D284 Aurora island.jpg
    Image url → —
    Satellite view → Makatea2.JPG
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 9w ago · Harmonia Amanda · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Proleksis enciklopedija id → 3117
    Brockhaus enzyklopädie online id → makatea
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Proleksis enciklopedija id: 3117, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/83180643|Makatea (#83180643)]] for {{P|8349}}"
  3. 10w ago · Harmonia Amanda · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → island, limestone island, raised coral atoll
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Instance of: raised coral atoll"
  4. 11w ago · Harmonia Amanda · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Rangiroa, Makatea
    Located in/on physical feature → Palliser Islands
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Makatea"
  5. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Island", "Makatea::666h4"]
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Island", "Makatea::666h4"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
  6. 23w ago · ToscaHardy · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Width → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+7'}
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+80'}
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+24'}
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/29488|batch #29488]]"
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