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Shapinsay

island and civil parish in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
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Shapinsay

Summary

Shapinsay is an island[1]. Shapinsay ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shapinsay is located in Orkney Islands[3].
  • Shapinsay is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Shapinsay is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean[5].
  • Shapinsay's image is recorded as Geo of Ork by C Michael Hogan.jpg[6].
  • Shapinsay's instance of is recorded as island[7].
  • Shapinsay's instance of is recorded as civil parish[8].
  • Shapinsay's locator map image is recorded as VK Shapinsay.PNG[9].
  • Shapinsay's location is recorded as North Sea[10].
  • Shapinsay's part of is recorded as Orkney Islands[11].
  • Shapinsay's Commons category is recorded as Shapinsay[12].
  • Shapinsay's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[13].
  • Shapinsay's catalog code is recorded as 742[14].
  • Shapinsay's catalog code is recorded as SHA[15].
  • Shapinsay's catalog code is recorded as 54015[16].
  • Shapinsay's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 59.04890495, 'lon': -2.858675251}[17].
  • Shapinsay's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02g2rq[18].
  • Shapinsay's located in/on physical feature is recorded as North Sea[19].
  • Shapinsay's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shapinsay[20].
  • Shapinsay's page banner is recorded as Shapinsay banner Balfour Castle.jpg[21].
  • Shapinsay's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 9d4c5e08-36f1-4277-bd0f-08734bb560be[22].
  • Shapinsay's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Scotland/Orkney_Islands/Shapinsay/[23].
  • Shapinsay's population is recorded as {'amount': '+307'}[24].
  • Shapinsay's coordinates of northernmost point is recorded as {'lat': 59.087, 'lon': -2.8003}[25].
  • Shapinsay's coordinates of southernmost point is recorded as {'lat': 59.0182, 'lon': -2.8305}[26].
  • Shapinsay's coordinates of easternmost point is recorded as {'lat': 59.0841, 'lon': -2.7977}[27].

Why It Matters

Shapinsay ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month).[2] Shapinsay has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . 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.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . NRS shapefiles for Scottish parishes. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . NRS shapefiles for Scottish parishes. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . NRS shapefiles for Scottish parishes. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Coordinates of easternmost point → {'lat': 59.0841, 'lon': -2.7977}
    Coordinates of southernmost point → {'lat': 59.0182, 'lon': -2.8305}
    Width → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+6'}
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Island", "Shapinsay"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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