Belitung Island

Summary

Belitung Island is an island^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (163 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Belitung Island is located in Bangka Belitung Islands^[3].
• Belitung Island is in the country of Indonesia^[4].
• Belitung Island is on the body of water Karimata Strait^[5].
• Belitung Island's image is recorded as Tanjung Tinggi Beach.jpg^[6].
• Belitung Island's instance of is recorded as island^[7].
• Belitung Island's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 150078119^[8].
• Belitung Island's locator map image is recorded as ID - Belitung.png^[9].
• Belitung Island's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh96008853^[10].
• Belitung Island's IdRef ID is recorded as 148953492^[11].
• Belitung Island's Commons category is recorded as Belitung^[12].
• Belitung Island's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 7219502^[13].
• Belitung Island's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+08:00^[14].
• Belitung Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -2.85611111111111, 'lon': 107.916388888889}^[15].
• Belitung Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03v_9v^[16].
• Belitung Island's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Greater Sunda Islands^[17].
• Belitung Island's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Belitung^[18].
• Belitung Island's page banner is recorded as Belitung banner.jpg^[19].
• Belitung Island's population is recorded as {'amount': '+160000'}^[20].
• Belitung Island's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0008751^[21].
• Belitung Island's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng^[22].
• Belitung Island's described by source is recorded as History of Ming^[23].
• Belitung Island's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[24].
• Belitung Island's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Belitung^[25].
• Belitung Island's GeoNames ID is recorded as 1649280^[26].
• Belitung Island's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1006479^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Belitung Island include Ichthyophis billitonensis^[28], a taxon^[29].

Why It Matters

Belitung Island ranks in the top 5% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (163 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include Ichthyophis billitonensis^[28], a taxon^[29].