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Grimsay

tidal island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, northeast of Benbecula
Place tidal_island Q1546934
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Summary

Grimsay is a tidal island[1]. Grimsay draws 138 Wikipedia views per month (tidal island category, ranking #17 of 70).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Outer Hebrides[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[5], Sea of the Hebrides[6]
  • Part of: Outer Hebrides[7]
  • Commons category: Grimsay[8]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Outer Hebrides[9]
  • Population: 169[10], 201[11]
  • Different from: Grímsey[12]
  • Elevation above sea level: 22 m[13]
  • Area: 833 ha[14]
  • Historic county: Inverness-shire[15]

Why It Matters

Grimsay has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Grimsay is known by 6 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] ↑ . scotlandscensus.gov.uk. scotlandscensus.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . scotlandscensus.gov.uk. scotlandscensus.gov.uk. Provenance: 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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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. 8d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in/on physical feature → Outer Hebrides
    Area → {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+833'}
    Sitelink count → 19
    Different from → Grímsey
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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