Sumburgh Head

headland located at the southern tip of the Shetland Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Place headland Q4581063
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Sumburgh Head

Summary

Sumburgh Head is a headland[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of headland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sumburgh Head is located in Shetland Islands[3].
  • Sumburgh Head is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Sumburgh Head is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean[5].
  • Sumburgh Head's image is recorded as Sumburgh Head - geograph.org.uk - 148330.jpg[6].
  • Sumburgh Head's instance of is recorded as headland[7].
  • Sumburgh Head's Commons category is recorded as Sumburgh Head[8].
  • Sumburgh Head's has part is recorded as Sumburgh Head SSSI[9].
  • Sumburgh Head's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 59.854288888889, 'lon': -1.2753111111111}[10].
  • Sumburgh Head's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/070b8n[11].
  • Sumburgh Head's located in/on physical feature is recorded as South Mainland[12].
  • Sumburgh Head's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2636543[13].
  • Sumburgh Head's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2609109[14].
  • Sumburgh Head's located in protected area is recorded as Sumburgh Head SSSI[15].
  • Sumburgh Head's TOID is recorded as 4000000074753694[16].
  • Sumburgh Head's Gazetteer for Scotland place ID is recorded as features/featurefirst5978[17].
  • Sumburgh Head's historic county is recorded as Shetland Islands[18].

Body

Geography

Sumburgh Head is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Shetland Islands[3]. It is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean[5].

Designation and Status

Sumburgh Head's instance of is recorded as headland[7].

Why It Matters

Sumburgh Head ranks in the top 9% of headland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . sitelink.nature.scot. sitelink.nature.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . sitelink.nature.scot. sitelink.nature.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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