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Sanday

island in the north of the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Landform island Q1268170
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Summary

Sanday is an island[1]. Sanday ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (381 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Orkney Islands[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[5]
  • Part of: Orkney Islands[6]
  • Commons category: Sanday, Orkney Islands[7]
  • Located in/on physical feature: North Sea[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sanday, Orkney[9]
  • Population: 494[10]
  • Length: 20 km[11]
  • Area: 5043 ha[12]
  • Width: 8.5 km[13]
  • Historic county: Orkney Islands[14]

Why It Matters

Sanday has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Sanday is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Peter Maxwell Davies Sandoy United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in/on physical feature → North Sea
    Area → {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+5043'}
    Part of → —
    Coordinates → —
    + 17 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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