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Mataiva

island in French Polynesia
Landform island Q1423724
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Summary

Mataiva is an island[1]. Mataiva ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (363 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Rangiroa[4], Mataiva[5]
  • Country: France[6]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Pacific Ocean[7]
  • Instance of: atoll[8], reef island[9]
  • Named after: Mikhail Lazarev[10]
  • Part of: Palliser Islands[11]
  • Commons category: Mataiva[12]
  • Time of discovery or invention: July 30, 1820[13]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Tuamotus[14], Palliser Islands[15]
  • Area: 16 km²[16]
  • P14486: 10096945[17]

Why It Matters

Mataiva has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Mataiva is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen France Mikhail Lazarev

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Classifying Pacific islands. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Q127258353. wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Q127258353. elib-libkids51.cld.bz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Q127258353. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 8d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Mataiva2.jpg
    Image url → —
    Satellite view → Mataiva2.JPG
    Image artist → —
    + 8 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. 10w ago · Harmonia Amanda · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14486 → 10096945
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14486: 10096945, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/290935512|Mataiva (#290935512)]] for {{P|14486}}"
  3. 11w ago · Harmonia Amanda · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Rangiroa, Mataiva
    Located in/on physical feature → Tuamotus, Palliser Islands
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Mataiva"
  4. 24w ago · ToscaHardy · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+16'}
    Located in or next to body of water → Pacific Ocean
    Part of → Palliser Islands
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/29484|batch #29484]]"
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