Schouten Islands
island group off Eastern New Guinea
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Schouten Islands
Summary
Schouten Islands is an island group[1]. It draws 9 Wikipedia views per month (island_group category, ranking #160 of 712).[2]
Key Facts
- Schouten Islands is located in East Sepik Province[3].
- Schouten Islands is in the country of Papua New Guinea[4].
- Schouten Islands's image is recorded as Schouten Islands (Papua New Guinea) Topography.png[5].
- Schouten Islands's instance of is recorded as island group[6].
- Willem Schouten is named after Schouten Islands[7].
- Jacob Le Maire is named after Schouten Islands[8].
- Schouten Islands's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315162606[9].
- Schouten Islands's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -3.5161111111111, 'lon': 144.6375}[10].
- Schouten Islands's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -3.3905555555556, 'lon': 144.40583333333}[11].
- Schouten Islands's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02rn4f4[12].
- Schouten Islands's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Schouten-Islands[13].
- Schouten Islands's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2087043[14].
- Schouten Islands's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1010275[15].
- Schouten Islands's different from is recorded as Schouten Islands[16].
- Schouten Islands's different from is recorded as Schouten Island[17].
- Schouten Islands's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2199721[18].
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Geography
Schouten Islands is in the country of Papua New Guinea[4]. It is located in East Sepik Province[3].
Designation and Status
Schouten Islands's instance of is recorded as island group[6].
History and Context
Things named after include Willem Schouten[7], an explorer[19], 1577–1625[20], of Dutch Republic[21] and Jacob Le Maire[8], an explorer[22], 1585–1616[23], of Dutch Republic[24].
Why It Matters
Schouten Islands draws 9 Wikipedia views per month (island_group category, ranking #160 of 712).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]