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Terceira Island

island in the Azores archipelago
Landform island Q215074
Terceira Island
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Facts

22 properties

Identity

Instance of
island
Native label
Ilha Terceira[19]

Location

Country
Portugal[2]
Location
Atlantic Ocean[6]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 38.733°, -27.317°
Continent
Europe[4]
Located in or next to body of water
Atlantic Ocean[3]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Azores[1]
Located in/on physical feature
Azores archipelago[9]

Population and size

Area
+396.75, +400.28[22][23]
Elevation above sea level
+1022[21]
Highest point
Serra de Santa Bárbara[8]
Length
+29[20]
Population
+56437, +54622[11][12]
More facts +8
Part of
Azores archipelago[7]
Capital
Angra do Heroísmo[5]
Demonym
Terceirense[18]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[13][14][15][16][17]
Located in the statistical territorial entity
Ilha Terceira[26]
Perimeter
+90[25]
Significant event
Wikidata item[10]
Width
+17.5[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en Terceira en Terceira Island de Ilha Terceira el Τερσέιρα es Tercera es Isla Tercera es Isla de Terceira es Isla Terceira es Terceira fa جزیره ترسیرا fr Terceire he טרסיירה hi ट्रेसिरा द्वीप it Isola Terceira ja テルセイラ島 ko 테르세이라 ko 테르세이라섬 pt Terceira pt Terceirense ro Insula Terceira
🔖 Identifiers · 22
VIAF cluster ID
315125065
GND ID
4395803-5
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
119646508
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--4699
Enciclopédia Açoriana ID
10364
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Terceira-Island
Freebase ID
/m/031_r6
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2177439
GeoNames ID
3372530
Global Volcanism Program ID
382050
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Terceira
KBpedia ID
Terceira-Island
Show all 22 identifiers +10
NL CR AUT ID
ge776236
OpenStreetMap relation ID
4822054
SNARC ID
Tom Beugelsdijk
SVKKL authority ID
0454467-Terceira-Azory-ostrov
Topic's main category
Category:Terceira Island
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10036867
VOGRIPA ID
2376
WikiKids ID
Terceira
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Island", "Terceira"]
Yale LUX ID
place/3b29953d-b191-401b-a512-ebb353f0d8b2

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🔗 Connections
← Located in/on physical feature 5
Sé, Algar do Carvão, Monte Brasil, Ponta das Contendas Lighthouse, Serreta Lighthouse
Described by source 4
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
People born here 3
Louis Ferreira, Alberto del Canto, Jordan-Claire Green
Located in this place 2
Conquest of the Azores, Ramo Grande
Belongs to 1
Azores
Capital 1
Angra do Heroísmo
Contained subdivisions 1
Serra de Santa Bárbara
Country 1
Portugal
Highest point 1
Serra de Santa Bárbara
Instance of 1
island
Located in or next to body of water 1
Atlantic Ocean
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Azores
Located in/on physical feature 1
Azores
Location 1
Atlantic Ocean
People who died here 1
Filippo di Piero Strozzi
Residents 1
Afonso VI of Portugal
Topic's main category 1
Category:Terceira Island
← Capital of 1
Angra do Heroísmo
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Terceira Island
← Depicts 1
Module:Location map/data/Portugal Azores Terceira
← FactGrid item ID 1
Thorpe Audlin
← Place served by transport hub 1
Lajes Airport
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Related Entities

Afonso VI of Portugal Portugal

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . srea.azores.gov.pt. srea.azores.gov.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . turismo.azores.gov.pt. turismo.azores.gov.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . 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 · Trummler12 · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 52
    Significant event → Wikidata item
    Located in/on physical feature → Azores archipelago
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es',
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Significant event: Wikidata item, #temporary_batch_1793701959366"
  2. 29d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 52
    Population → {'amount': '+56437'}, {'amount': '+54622'}
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es',
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 12w ago · Lopatalopez · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+396.75'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+400.28'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Area: 400.28 square kilometre"
  4. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    SVKKL authority ID → 0454467-Terceira-Azory-ostrov
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0454467-Terceira-Azory-ostrov, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  5. 26w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram Language entity code → Entity["Island", "Terceira"]
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Island", "Terceira"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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