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Papa Westray

island, part of the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Landform island Q931770

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
island, civil parish[6]
Country
United Kingdom[4]
Official website
www.papawestray.co.uk[12]
Part of
Orkney Islands[7]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 59.353°, -2.891°
Area
+9.18, +885[17][18]
Catalog code
681, PWY, 54011[8][9][10]
Coordinates of easternmost point
🗺️ 59.376°, -2.868°
Coordinates of northernmost point
🗺️ 59.385°, -2.879°
Coordinates of southernmost point
🗺️ 59.324°, -2.905°
Coordinates of westernmost point
🗺️ 59.345°, -2.911°
Historic county
Orkney Islands[20]
Length
+7[16]
List of monuments
list of listed buildings in Papa Westray, Orkney[14]
Located in or next to body of water
Atlantic Ocean[5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Orkney Islands, Orkney Islands, Westray, Orkney Islands[2][3]
Located in/on physical feature
North Sea[11]
Native label
Papa Westray[15]
Population
+90, +90[13]
Width
+2[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Papa Westray el Πάπα Γουέστρι he פאפא וסטריי ja パパ・ウェストレー島 ru Вестрэй zh 帕帕韋斯特雷島
🔖 Identifiers · 19
VIAF cluster ID
236993056
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85097528
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Papay Beach.jpg ↗
BabelNet ID
03259770n
Curlie ID
Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Scotland/Orkney_Islands/Papa_Westray/
Freebase ID
/m/02g2xm
GB1900 ID
5832268f2c66dc680e038056, 5832f1f42c66dc680e039709
GENUKI ID
sct/OKI/Westray/Papa-WestrayChurchofScotland
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2605011
Gazetteer for Scotland place ID
parishes/parfirst67, features/featurefirst1088
GeoNames ID
2640629
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007563290405171
Show all 19 identifiers +7
OpenStreetMap way ID
4569530
TOID
4000000074611852
Topic's main category
Category:Papa Westray
Vision of Britain place ID
16377
Vision of Britain unit ID
10017087
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Island", "PapaWestray"]
Yale LUX ID
place/4dd07e70-3251-4d2c-8066-0dc8d83d436c

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🔗 Connections
← Located in/on physical feature 2
Knap of Howar, Papa Westray Airport
Contained subdivisions 1
Knap of Howar
Country 1
United Kingdom
Historic county 1
Orkney Islands
Instance of 1
island
Located in or next to body of water 1
Atlantic Ocean
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Orkney Islands
Located in time zone 1
UTC±00:00
Located in/on physical feature 1
North Sea
Named after 1
Papa Westray Airport
Part of 1
Orkney Islands
People born here 1
William Peddie
People who died here 1
Rögnvald Brusason
← Place served by transport hub 1
Papa Westray Airport
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Summary

Papa Westray is an island[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Papa Westray include Papa Westray Airport[21], an aerodrome[22], in United Kingdom[23].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Papa Westray Airport[21], an aerodrome[22], in United Kingdom[23].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. 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. 25d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OpenStreetMap way ID → 4569530
    Native label → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Papa Westray'}
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ast', 'ceb', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fr', 'gd', 'he', 'id',
    + 1 other property 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. 26w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Length → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+7'}
    Population → {'amount': '+90'}, {'amount': '+90'}
    Width → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+2'}
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Island", "PapaWestray"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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