Stromness

Summary

Stromness is a town^[1]. Stromness ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (177 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Stromness is located in Orkney Islands^[3].
• Stromness is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Stromness's image is recorded as Stromness - geograph.org.uk - 1573936.jpg^[5].
• Stromness's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Stromness's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 152187946^[7].
• Stromness's GND ID is recorded as 4653321-7^[8].
• Stromness's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr89009400^[9].
• Stromness's postal code is recorded as KW16^[10].
• Stromness's Commons category is recorded as Stromness^[11].
• Stromness's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[12].
• Stromness's local dialing code is recorded as 01856^[13].
• Stromness's OS grid reference is recorded as HY2509^[14].
• Stromness's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 58.9607, 'lon': -3.299}^[15].
• Stromness's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0qn45^[16].
• Stromness's GSS code is recorded as S20000291^[17].
• Stromness's GSS code is recorded as S19000320^[18].
• Stromness's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Stromness^[19].
• Stromness's page banner is recorded as Stromness banner waterfront.jpg^[20].
• Stromness's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Scotland/Orkney_Islands/Stromness/^[21].
• Stromness's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1810'}^[22].
• Stromness's WOEID is recorded as 36508^[23].
• Stromness's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[24].
• Stromness's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[25].
• Stromness's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2636638^[26].
• Stromness's BBC Things ID is recorded as 11fe2283-d1b7-403e-a7ff-98d1d2f1970e^[27].

Body

Geography

Stromness is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Stromness is located in Orkney Islands^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Stromness's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1810'}^[22].

Designation and Status

Stromness's instance of is recorded as town^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Stromness include Stromness Bay^[28], a bay^[29], in United Kingdom^[30].

Why It Matters

Stromness ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (177 views/month).^[2] Stromness has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31]

Entities named for Stromness include Stromness Bay^[28], a bay^[29], in United Kingdom^[30].