Outer Hebrides

archipelago and council area off the west coast of mainland Scotland
Place archipelago Q80967
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Outer Hebrides

Summary

Outer Hebrides is an archipelago[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of archipelago entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,076 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Outer Hebrides is located in Scotland[3].
  • Outer Hebrides is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Outer Hebrides is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean[5].
  • Outer Hebrides's image is recorded as Outer Hebrides by Sentinel-2.jpg[6].
  • Outer Hebrides's image is recorded as View south from Heaval.jpg[7].
  • Outer Hebrides's instance of is recorded as archipelago[8].
  • Outer Hebrides's instance of is recorded as council area[9].
  • Outer Hebrides's instance of is recorded as lieutenancy area of Scotland[10].
  • Outer Hebrides's instance of is recorded as Scottish islands area[11].
  • Outer Hebrides's capital is recorded as Stornoway[12].
  • Outer Hebrides's flag image is recorded as Western Isles Council Flag.svg[13].
  • Outer Hebrides's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of Arms of the Na h-Eileanan Siar (Outer Hebrides).svg[14].
  • Outer Hebrides's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131378566[15].
  • Outer Hebrides's GND ID is recorded as 4068447-7[16].
  • Outer Hebrides's locator map image is recorded as ScotlandWesternIsles.png[17].
  • Outer Hebrides's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82166074[18].
  • Outer Hebrides's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as GB-ELS[19].
  • Outer Hebrides's part of is recorded as Hebrides[20].
  • Outer Hebrides's Commons category is recorded as Outer Hebrides[21].
  • Outer Hebrides's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1959008[22].
  • Outer Hebrides's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[23].
  • Outer Hebrides's has part is recorded as Rockall[24].
  • Outer Hebrides's has part is recorded as Sandray[25].
  • Outer Hebrides's has part is recorded as Barra Head[26].
  • Outer Hebrides's has part is recorded as Flodday[27].

Body

Geography

Outer Hebrides is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Scotland[3]. It is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean[5]. Its part of is recorded as Hebrides[20].

Physical Characteristics

Outer Hebrides's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+3058.7026'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+27690'}[29], {'amount': '+26830'}[30], {'amount': '+26430'}[31], {'amount': '+27560'}[32], {'amount': '+27600'}[33], and {'amount': '+27210'}[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archipelago[8], council area[9], lieutenancy area of Scotland[10], and Scottish islands area[11].

History and Context

Catalog codes include 56[35] and 32[36].

Why It Matters

Outer Hebrides ranks in the top 5% of archipelago entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,076 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [19] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
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  27. [36] . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] . statistics.gov.scot. statistics.gov.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] . statistics.gov.scot. statistics.gov.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] . statistics.gov.scot. statistics.gov.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] . statistics.gov.scot. statistics.gov.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [28] . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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