Great Britain

island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe
Landform island Q23666
Great Britain
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Great Britain is an island that forms the main landmass of the United Kingdom. It covers an area of 209k and, according to the 2021 census, is home to 65.1M people[1].

Great Britain

Summary

Great Britain is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 0.069% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,994 views/month, #5 of 7,296).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Britain is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Great Britain is on the body of water North Sea[4].
  • Great Britain is on the body of water Irish Sea[5].
  • Great Britain is on the body of water Celtic Sea[6].
  • Great Britain is on the body of water Sea of the Hebrides[7].
  • Great Britain's image is recorded as Satellite image of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in April 2002.jpg[8].
  • Great Britain's continent is recorded as Europe[9].
  • Great Britain's instance of is recorded as island[10].
  • Britannia is named after Great Britain[11].
  • Brutus of Troy is named after Great Britain[12].
  • British is named after Great Britain[13].
  • Great Britain's locator map image is recorded as Britain (island) in Europe.png[14].
  • Great Britain's IdRef ID is recorded as 027228231[15].
  • Great Britain's part of is recorded as British Isles[16].
  • Great Britain's Commons category is recorded as Great Britain[17].
  • Great Britain's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 6038068[18].
  • Great Britain's located in time zone is recorded as Greenwich Mean Time[19].
  • Great Britain's pronunciation audio is recorded as Lb-Groussbritannien.ogg[20].
  • Great Britain's said to be the same as is recorded as Albion[21].
  • Great Britain's has part is recorded as England[22].
  • Great Britain's has part is recorded as Wales[23].
  • Great Britain's has part is recorded as Scotland[24].
  • Great Britain's highest point is recorded as Ben Nevis[25].
  • Great Britain's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.833333333333, 'lon': -2.4166666666667}[26].
  • Great Britain's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/034cm[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Great Britain include GB News[28], a television station[29], in United Kingdom[30], founded in 2021[31], headquartered in London[32] and BritNed[33], a HVDC submarine cable[34], in Netherlands[35].

Why It Matters

Great Britain ranks in the top 0.069% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,994 views/month, #5 of 7,296).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for it include GB News[28], a television station[29], in United Kingdom[30], founded in 2021[31], headquartered in London[32] and BritNed[33], a HVDC submarine cable[34], in Netherlands[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [6] . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Territory overlaps United Kingdom
    Permanent duplicated item Great Britain
    Population {'amount': '+63786000'}, {'amount': '+65121000'}
    Coordinates
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Island", "GreatBritain"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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