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Fergusson Island

island of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, in Papua New Guinea
Landform island Q783083
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Summary

Fergusson Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (184 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Milne Bay Province[3]
  • Country: Papua New Guinea[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Solomon Sea[5]
  • Instance of: volcanic island[6]
  • Named after: James Fergusson[7]
  • Part of: D'Entrecasteaux Islands[8]
  • Commons category: Fergusson Island[9]
  • Located in/on physical feature: D'Entrecasteaux Islands[10]
  • Population: 21,842[11]
  • Length: 65 km[12]
  • Elevation above sea level: 2073 m[13]
  • Area: 1437 km²[14]
  • Width: 48 km[15]

Why It Matters

Fergusson Island has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Papua New Guinea

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Classifying Pacific islands. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . 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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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. 9d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'gl', 'id',
    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 · ToscaHardy · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Width → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+48'}
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2073'}
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1437'}
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/29481|batch #29481]]"
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