Prince Edward Island

Summary

Prince Edward Island is an island^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Prince Edward Island is credited with the discovery of Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne^[3].
• Prince Edward Island is credited with the discovery of Barend Barendszoon Lam^[4].
• Prince Edward Island is located in Western Cape^[5].
• Prince Edward Island is in the country of South Africa^[6].
• Prince Edward Island is on the body of water Indian Ocean^[7].
• Prince Edward Island's image is recorded as Prince Edward Island, South Africa, EO-1 ALI satellite image, 5 May 2009.jpg^[8].
• Prince Edward Island's instance of is recorded as island^[9].
• Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn is named after Prince Edward Island^[10].
• Prince Edward Island's locator map image is recorded as Pr Edward Isl-pos.png^[11].
• Prince Edward Island's part of is recorded as Prince Edward Islands^[12].
• Prince Edward Island's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[13].
• Prince Edward Island's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1772-01-13T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Prince Edward Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -46.64388889, 'lon': 37.94305556}^[15].
• Prince Edward Island's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Prince Edward Islands^[16].
• Prince Edward Island's population is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}^[17].
• Prince Edward Island's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Prince-Edward-Island-South-Africa^[18].
• Prince Edward Island's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7778803^[19].
• Prince Edward Island's Global Volcanism Program ID is recorded as 234060^[20].
• Prince Edward Island's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+11'}^[21].
• Prince Edward Island's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+672'}^[22].
• Prince Edward Island's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+45'}^[23].
• Prince Edward Island's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+6'}^[24].
• Prince Edward Island's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1211j9nk^[25].
• Prince Edward Island's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12391yzx^[26].
• Prince Edward Island's VOGRIPA ID is recorded as 921^[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

Prince Edward Island ranks in the top 7% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]