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Scalpay

island off Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Landform island Q1167098
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Summary

Scalpay is an island[1]. Scalpay ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Outer Hebrides[3], Harris[4]
  • Country: United Kingdom[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[6]
  • Location: Outer Hebrides[7]
  • Part of: Outer Hebrides[8]
  • Commons category: Scalpay, Outer Hebrides[9]
  • Located in/on physical feature: The Minch[10]
  • Population: 291[11], 322[12]
  • Area: 653 ha[13]
  • Historic county: Inverness-shire[14]

Why It Matters

Scalpay has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Scalpay is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . scotlandscensus.gov.uk. scotlandscensus.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . scotlandscensus.gov.uk. scotlandscensus.gov.uk. Provenance: 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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Edit History

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. 7d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in/on physical feature → The Minch
    Area → {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+653'}
    Sitelink count → 20
    Part of → —
    + 16 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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