Wiencke Island

island in Antarctica
Landform island Q719526
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Wiencke Island

Summary

Wiencke Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wiencke Island is credited with the discovery of Belgian Antarctic Expedition[3].
  • Wiencke Island is located in Antarctic Treaty area[4].
  • Wiencke Island is on the body of water de Gerlache Strait[5].
  • Wiencke Island's image is recorded as Antarctic mountains and drifting ice.jpg[6].
  • Wiencke Island's continent is recorded as Antarctica[7].
  • Wiencke Island's instance of is recorded as island[8].
  • Carl-August Wiencke is named after Wiencke Island[9].
  • Wiencke Island's part of is recorded as Palmer Archipelago[10].
  • Wiencke Island's Commons category is recorded as Wiencke Island[11].
  • Wiencke Island's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2988478[12].
  • Wiencke Island's highest point is recorded as Savoia Peak[13].
  • Wiencke Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -64.833333333333, 'lon': -63.383333333333}[14].
  • Wiencke Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/080x_5[15].
  • Wiencke Island's GNIS Antarctica ID is recorded as 16569[16].
  • Wiencke Island's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wiencke Island[17].
  • Wiencke Island's population is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[18].
  • Wiencke Island's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6628074[19].
  • Wiencke Island's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+26'}[20].
  • Wiencke Island's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+67'}[21].
  • Wiencke Island's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+8'}[22].
  • Wiencke Island's SCAR Composite Gazetteer place ID is recorded as 16018[23].
  • Wiencke Island's named by is recorded as Adrien de Gerlache[24].

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Works and Contributions

Wiencke Island is credited with the discovery of Belgian Antarctic Expedition[3].

Why It Matters

Wiencke Island ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Wiencke Island. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/wiencke-island
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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. 4w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code Entity["Island", "WienckeIsland::f4934"]
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Island", "WienckeIsland::f4934"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
  2. 4w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after
    Width {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+8'}
    Named by Adrien de Gerlache
    Area {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+67'}
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P131]]: [[Q10372207]], fix redirect [[Q21590062]] → [[Q10372207]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/bf164d4e5ee1|details]])"
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