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Whalsay

island, one of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Landform island Q552027
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Summary

Whalsay is an island[1]. Whalsay ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (291 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Shetland Islands[3], Nesting[4]
  • Country: United Kingdom[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: North Sea[6]
  • Capital: Symbister[7]
  • Part of: Shetland Islands[8]
  • Commons category: Whalsay[9]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Shetland Islands[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Whalsay[11]
  • Population: 1061[12]
  • Native label: Whalsay[13]
  • Length: 8 km[14]
  • Elevation above sea level: 119 m[15]
  • Area: 19.70 km²[16]
  • Width: 3 km[17]
  • Historic county: Shetland Islands[18]

Why It Matters

Whalsay has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Whalsay is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 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.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 6d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ceb', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fo', 'fr', 'gd', 'he',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in/on physical feature → Shetland Islands
    Width → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+3'}
    Instance of → island
    Part of → —
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Island", "Whalsay::5j376"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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