Marion Island

Summary

Marion Island is an island^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Marion Island is credited with the discovery of Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne^[3].
• Marion Island is credited with the discovery of Barend Barendszoon Lam^[4].
• Marion Island is located in Western Cape^[5].
• Marion Island is in the country of South Africa^[6].
• Marion Island is in the country of South Africa^[7].
• Marion Island is on the body of water Indian Ocean^[8].
• Marion Island's image is recorded as Marion Island, South Africa, EO-1 ALI satellite image, 5 May 2009.jpg^[9].
• Marion Island's image is recorded as PrEdwIsl Map.png^[10].
• Marion Island's instance of is recorded as island^[11].
• Marion Island's instance of is recorded as shield volcano^[12].
• Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne is named after Marion Island^[13].
• Marion Island's GND ID is recorded as 4115006-5^[14].
• Marion Island's locator map image is recorded as Pr Edward Isl-pos.png^[15].
• Marion Island's part of is recorded as Prince Edward Islands^[16].
• Marion Island's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[17].
• Marion Island's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1773-01-13T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Marion Island's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1663-03-04T00:00:00Z^[19].
• Marion Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -46.90611111, 'lon': 37.73694444}^[20].
• Marion Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -46.90337, 'lon': 37.75452}^[21].
• Marion Island's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Prince Edward Islands^[22].
• Marion Island's population is recorded as {'amount': '+50'}^[23].
• Marion Island's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Marion-Island^[24].
• Marion Island's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7778802^[25].
• Marion Island's Global Volcanism Program ID is recorded as 234070^[26].
• Marion Island's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+25'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne^[3], an explorer^[28], 1724–1772^[29], of France^[30] and Barend Barendszoon Lam^[4], a sailor^[31], of Dutch Republic^[32].

Why It Matters

Marion Island ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]