South Island

one of the two main New Zealand islands
Landform island Q120755
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South Island

Summary

South Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 0.89% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,786 views/month, #65 of 7,296).[2]

Key Facts

  • South Island is located in New Zealand[3].
  • South Island is in the country of New Zealand[4].
  • South Island is on the body of water Tasman Sea[5].
  • South Island's image is recorded as Lake Matheson 2007-12-06.JPG[6].
  • South Island's continent is recorded as Insular Oceania[7].
  • South Island's instance of is recorded as island[8].
  • south is named after South Island[9].
  • South Island's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 248142231[10].
  • South Island's GND ID is recorded as 4210770-2[11].
  • South Island's locator map image is recorded as Turbid Waters Surround New Zealand - crop.jpg[12].
  • South Island's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2003011232[13].
  • South Island's part of is recorded as New Zealand[14].
  • South Island's Commons category is recorded as South Island, New Zealand[15].
  • South Island's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 3986157[16].
  • South Island's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+12:00[17].
  • South Island's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+13:00[18].
  • South Island's highest point is recorded as Aoraki / Mount Cook[19].
  • South Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -43.6, 'lon': 170.4}[20].
  • South Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gslw[21].
  • South Island's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge501376[22].
  • South Island's located in/on physical feature is recorded as New Zealand[23].
  • South Island's topic's main category is recorded as Category:South Island[24].
  • South Island's page banner is recorded as South Island new banner 3.jpg[25].
  • South Island's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 1e4d837b-b0ac-4cf3-98bb-1afc7828e53d[26].
  • South Island's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1115800'}[27].

Why It Matters

South Island ranks in the top 0.89% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,786 views/month, #65 of 7,296).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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