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East Burra

one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland
Landform island Q1277762
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Summary

East Burra is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (79 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Shetland Islands[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Norwegian Sea[5], Atlantic Ocean[6]
  • Part of: Shetland Islands[7], Scalloway Islands[8]
  • Commons category: East Burra[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:East Burra[10]
  • Population: 76[11]
  • Length: 14 km[12]
  • Area: 515 ha[13]
  • Width: 1.5 km[14]
  • Historic county: Shetland Islands[15]

Why It Matters

East Burra has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). East Burra. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/east-burra
MLA “East Burra.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 17 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/east-burra.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_east-burra_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{East Burra}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/east-burra}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
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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. 12d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ceb', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eu', 'fr', 'gd', 'it', 'nn', 'ru', 'sv', 'zh']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 24w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Island", "EastBurra::2884c"]
    Area → {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+515'}
    Located in time zone → —
    Instance of → island
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Island", "EastBurra::2884c"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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