Maluku Islands

archipelago in eastern Indonesia, also called the Spice Islands
Place island_group Q3827
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Maluku Islands

Summary

Maluku Islands is an island group[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of island_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,284 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Maluku Islands is in the country of Indonesia[3].
  • Maluku Islands is on the body of water Molucca Sea[4].
  • Maluku Islands's instance of is recorded as island group[5].
  • Maluku Islands is part of Malay Archipelago[6].
  • Maluku Islands's Commons category is recorded as Moluccas[7].
  • Maluku Islands's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00[8].
  • Maluku Islands comprises Halmahera Island[9].
  • Maluku Islands comprises Seram[10].
  • Maluku Islands comprises Ambon Island[11].
  • Maluku Islands comprises Tayandu Islands[12].
  • Maluku Islands's highest point is recorded as Gunung Binaiya[13].
  • Maluku Islands's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': -2, 'longitude': 128}[14].
  • Maluku Islands's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Indonesia[15].
  • Maluku Islands's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Maluku Islands[16].
  • Maluku Islands has a population of {'amount': '+1895000'}[17].
  • Maluku Islands's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Maluku Islands's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • Maluku Islands's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[20].
  • Maluku Islands's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • Maluku Islands's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[22].
  • Maluku Islands's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23].
  • Maluku Islands's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[24].
  • Maluku Islands's described by source is recorded as History of Ming[25].
  • Maluku Islands's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26].
  • Maluku Islands's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[27].

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Geography

Maluku Islands is in the country of Indonesia[3]. It is on the body of water Molucca Sea[4]. It is part of Malay Archipelago[6].

Physical Characteristics

Maluku Islands covers an area of {'amount': '+74505'}[28]. Elevations include {'amount': '+3027'}[29] and {'amount': '+958'}[30]. It has a population of {'amount': '+1895000'}[17].

Designation and Status

Maluku Islands's instance of is recorded as island group[5].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Maluku Islands include Black-faced Friarbird[31], a taxon[32].

Why It Matters

Maluku Islands ranks in the top 2% of island_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,284 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for it include Black-faced Friarbird[31], a taxon[32].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . 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. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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