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Oronsay

small tidal island south of Colonsay in the Scottish Inner Hebrides
Place tidal_island Q501179
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Summary

Oronsay is a tidal island[1]. Oronsay draws 121 Wikipedia views per month (tidal island category, ranking #25 of 70).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Argyll and Bute[3], Colonsay and Oronsay[4], Jura[5]
  • Country: United Kingdom[6]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Firth of Lorn[7]
  • Part of: Inner Hebrides[8]
  • Commons category: Oronsay, Colonsay[9]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Inner Hebrides[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Oronsay[11]
  • Population: 8[12], 5[13]
  • Length: 4.6 km[14]
  • Elevation above sea level: 93 m[15]
  • Area: 540 ha[16]
  • Width: 2.9 km[17]
  • Historic county: Argyll[18]

Why It Matters

Oronsay has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Oronsay is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . scotlandscensus.gov.uk. scotlandscensus.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . scotlandscensus.gov.uk. scotlandscensus.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . argyll-yachtcharters.co.uk. argyll-yachtcharters.co.uk. Provenance: 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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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. 3d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in/on physical feature → Inner Hebrides
    Area → {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+540'}
    Part of → —
    Coordinates → —
    + 18 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"
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