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Mussau Island

island in the Pacific Ocean
Landform island Q1589522
Mussau Island
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Summary

Mussau Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: New Ireland Province[3]
  • Country: Papua New Guinea[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Bismarck Sea[5]
  • Instance of: volcanic island[6]
  • Part of: St Matthias Islands[7]
  • Commons category: Mussau[8]
  • Population: 2900[9]
  • Length: 32 km[10]
  • Area: 414 km²[11]
  • Width: 15 km[12]

Why It Matters

Mussau Island has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Papua New Guinea

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Classifying Pacific islands. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Mussau Island. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/mussau-island
MLA “Mussau Island.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 12 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/mussau-island.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_mussau-island_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Mussau Island}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/mussau-island}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-12}}
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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. 5d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'nl', 'pl', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Island", "MussauIsland"]
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Island", "MussauIsland"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
  3. 23w ago · ToscaHardy · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Width → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+15'}
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+414'}
    Located in or next to body of water → Bismarck Sea
    Part of → St Matthias Islands
    + 14 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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