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Heimaey

island in Iceland
Landform island Q211182
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Summary

Heimaey is an island[1]. Heimaey ranks in the top 5% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,931 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Vestmannaeyjabær[3]
  • Country: Iceland[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[5]
  • Part of: Vestmannaeyjar[6]
  • Commons category: Heimaey[7]
  • Highest point: Heimaklettur[8]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Vestmannaeyjar[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Heimaey[10]
  • Population: 4086[11]
  • Elevation above sea level: 283 m[12]
  • Area: 13.4 km²[13]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Heimaey[14]
  • Category for the view from the item: Category:Views from Heimaey[15]

Why It Matters

Heimaey has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Heimaey is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Iceland

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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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. 8d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 44
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'be', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 7w ago · Rémih · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Vestmannaeyjabær
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 63.4269670939, 'lon': -20.2693148783}
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Vestmannaeyjabær"
  3. 22w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Vestmannaeyjabær
    Topic's main category → Category:Heimaey
    Instance of → island
    Image purged at → —
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at url: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/heimaey/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User talk:Jarkn and W"
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