Whitsunday Island

island in Queensland Australia
Landform island Q1076507
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Whitsunday Island is an uninhabited landform in the Whitsunday Region of Australia. It has an area of 109 square kilometers and an elevation of 126 meters. The island operates on UTC+10:00 time zone.

Whitsunday Island

Summary

Whitsunday Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Whitsunday Island is credited with the discovery of James Cook[3].
  • Whitsunday Island is located in Whitsunday Region[4].
  • Whitsunday Island is in the country of Australia[5].
  • Whitsunday Island is on the body of water Coral Sea[6].
  • Whitsunday Island's image is recorded as Plage Whitesunday island.jpg[7].
  • Whitsunday Island's instance of is recorded as island[8].
  • Whitsunday Island's locator map image is recorded as Aus - Whitesunday Island.PNG[9].
  • Whitsunday Island's part of is recorded as Whitsunday Islands[10].
  • Whitsunday Island's Commons category is recorded as Whitsunday Island[11].
  • Whitsunday Island's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+10:00[12].
  • Whitsunday Island's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1770-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Whitsunday Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -20.25, 'lon': 148.967}[14].
  • Whitsunday Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07nghh[15].
  • Whitsunday Island's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Whitsunday Islands[16].
  • Whitsunday Island's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Localities/W/Whitsunday_Island/[17].
  • Whitsunday Island's population is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[18].
  • Whitsunday Island's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Whitsunday-Island[19].
  • Whitsunday Island's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2143756[20].
  • Whitsunday Island's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Whitsunday Island'}[21].
  • Whitsunday Island's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+19.6'}[22].
  • Whitsunday Island's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+126'}[23].
  • Whitsunday Island's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+109'}[24].
  • Whitsunday Island's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+15.8'}[25].
  • Whitsunday Island's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -1609431[26].

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Works and Contributions

Whitsunday Island is credited with the discovery of James Cook[3].

Why It Matters

Whitsunday Island ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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