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Spitsbergen

largest island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway
Landform island Q21162
Spitsbergen
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Summary

Spitsbergen is an island[1]. Spitsbergen ranks in the top 4% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,887 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Svalbard[3]
  • Country: Norway[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Greenland Sea[5]
  • Continent: Europe[6]
  • Capital: Longyearbyen[7]
  • Part of: Svalbard[8]
  • Commons category: Spitsbergen[9]
  • Highest point: Newtontoppen[10]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Svalbard[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Spitsbergen[12]
  • Population: 2642[13]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1713 m[14]
  • Area: 39,044 km²[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Spitsbergen[17]

Why It Matters

Spitsbergen has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Spitsbergen is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Barentsburg Norway Polish Polar Station, Hornsund

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 4d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ba', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'cy'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → spitsbergen-island
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: spitsbergen-island, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960711|spitsbergen island (#289960711)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|H"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 105873, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  4. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Spitsbergen
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Concept", "Spitsbergen::b49pq"], Entity["Island", "Spitsbergen"]
    Dewey decimal classification → 2--981
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Island", "Spitsbergen"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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