Whalsay

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

Summary

Whalsay is an island[1]. Whalsay ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Whalsay is located in Shetland Islands[3].
  • Whalsay is located in Nesting[4].
  • Whalsay is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Whalsay is on the body of water North Sea[6].
  • Whalsay's image is recorded as The Haa, Clett Head, Whalsay, Shetland - geograph.org.uk - 145732.jpg[7].
  • Whalsay's instance of is recorded as island[8].
  • Whalsay's capital is recorded as Symbister[9].
  • Whalsay's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 245712729[10].
  • Whalsay's GND ID is recorded as 4217498-3[11].
  • Whalsay's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh87007367[12].
  • Whalsay's part of is recorded as Shetland Islands[13].
  • Whalsay's Commons category is recorded as Whalsay[14].
  • Whalsay's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[15].
  • Whalsay's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 60.36, 'lon': -0.97}[16].
  • Whalsay's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ftjd[17].
  • Whalsay's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Shetland Islands[18].
  • Whalsay's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Whalsay[19].
  • Whalsay's page banner is recorded as Whalsay banner Symbister.jpg[20].
  • Whalsay's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1061'}[21].
  • Whalsay's coordinates of northernmost point is recorded as {'lat': 60.384876, 'lon': -0.91461}[22].
  • Whalsay's coordinates of southernmost point is recorded as {'lat': 60.326572, 'lon': -1.004874}[23].
  • Whalsay's coordinates of easternmost point is recorded as {'lat': 60.381753, 'lon': -0.900471}[24].
  • Whalsay's coordinates of westernmost point is recorded as {'lat': 60.339384, 'lon': -1.038687}[25].
  • Whalsay's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2634189[26].
  • Whalsay's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Whalsay'}[27].

Why It Matters

Whalsay ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).[2] Whalsay has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Whalsay is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . 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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . maps.nls.uk. maps.nls.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . maps.nls.uk. maps.nls.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . maps.nls.uk. maps.nls.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . maps.nls.uk. maps.nls.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d 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| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Island", "Whalsay::5j376"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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