Valdes Island

Summary

Valdes Island is an island^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Valdes Island is located in British Columbia^[3].
• Valdes Island is located in Cowichan Valley Regional District^[4].
• Valdes Island is in the country of Canada^[5].
• Valdes Island is on the body of water Strait of Georgia^[6].
• Valdes Island's image is recorded as Kayak-Valdes-BC.jpg^[7].
• Valdes Island's instance of is recorded as island^[8].
• Valdes Island's instance of is recorded as human settlement^[9].
• Cayetano Valdés y Flórez is named after Valdes Island^[10].
• Valdes Island's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315528718^[11].
• Valdes Island's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh00009347^[12].
• Valdes Island's part of is recorded as Gulf Islands^[13].
• Valdes Island's Commons category is recorded as Valdes Island^[14].
• Valdes Island's located in time zone is recorded as Pacific Time Zone^[15].
• Valdes Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 49.070556, 'lon': -123.651667}^[16].
• Valdes Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027yhh0^[17].
• Valdes Island's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Gulf Islands^[18].
• Valdes Island's CGNDB unique ID is recorded as JBPXB^[19].
• Valdes Island's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6173009^[20].
• Valdes Island's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1009603^[21].
• Valdes Island's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+15.1'}^[22].
• Valdes Island's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+23'}^[23].
• Valdes Island's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+2.5'}^[24].
• Valdes Island's BC Geographical Names ID is recorded as 23524^[25].
• Valdes Island's Canadian Encyclopedia article ID is recorded as valdes-island^[26].
• Valdes Island's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007293868305171^[27].

Body

Geography

Valdes Island is in the country of Canada^[5]. Located in include British Columbia^[3], a province of Canada^[28], in Canada^[29], founded in 1871^[30] and Cowichan Valley Regional District^[4], a regional district in British Columbia^[31], in Canada^[32]. It is on the body of water Strait of Georgia^[6]. Its part of is recorded as Gulf Islands^[13].

Physical Characteristics

Valdes Island's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+23'}^[23]. Its length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+15.1'}^[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include island^[8] and human settlement^[9].

History and Context

Cayetano Valdés y Flórez is named after Valdes Island^[10].

Why It Matters

Valdes Island ranks in the top 7% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33]