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Sable Island

island in Nova Scotia, Canada
Landform island Q1336091
Sable Island
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Facts

15 properties
Instance of
island
Country
Canada[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 43.931°, -59.918°
Area
+34[16]
Authority
Government of Canada[6]
Described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work[8][9][10][11]
Different from
Sable, Cape Sable Island[12][13]
Elevation above sea level
+4[15]
Length
+36.2[14]
Located in or next to body of water
Atlantic Ocean[4]
Located in protected area
Sable Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Sable Island National Park Reserve[18][19]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Halifax[2]
Operator
Parks Canada[5]
Population
+5[7]
Width
+1.2[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Sable Island ar جزيرة سايبل cs Sable de Ile de Sable el Νησί Σέιμπλ es Isla Sable fa جزیره سابل fr île de Sable he סייבל ja セーブル島 ko 세이블섬 nl Sable-eiland pl Sable pt Ilha Sable pt Sable Island ru Остров Сейбл ru Сейбл ru Сэйбл sv Île de Sable tr Sable Island
🔖 Identifiers · 14
VIAF cluster ID
315526536
GND ID
7517999-4
Atlas Obscura place ID
sable-island
BirdLife International IBA ID
sable-island-nova-scotia-iba-canada
CGNDB unique ID
CBRQR, CBRQS
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Sable-Island
Freebase ID
/m/0gvr0
GeoNames ID
6137005
Google Maps Customer ID
1138626687650906446
Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet ID
11231
OpenStreetMap relation ID
14923704
Topic's main category
Category:Sable Island
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WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvd3Wmtm6BTgyPc9kmKh3
Yale LUX ID
place/1bbd8a0e-fe67-40da-91e8-1557ee1a3d10

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Different from 2
Sable, Cape Sable Island
← Different from 2
Sable, Cape Sable Island
Authority 1
Government of Canada
Country 1
Canada
Instance of 1
island
Located in or next to body of water 1
Atlantic Ocean
Located in protected area 1
Sable Island National Park Reserve
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Halifax
Located in time zone 1
Atlantic Time Zone
Named after 1
Sable Island National Park Reserve
Operator 1
Parks Canada
People who died here 1
Léon Pourtau
Residents 1
Thomas Head Raddall
← Located in/on physical feature 1
Sable Island National Park Reserve
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Summary

Sable Island is an island[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Sable Island include Sable Island National Park Reserve[20], a national park of Canada[21], in Canada[22], founded in 2013[23].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Sable Island National Park Reserve[20], a national park of Canada[21], in Canada[22], founded in 2013[23].

Related Entities

Canada

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . Constitution Act, 1867. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es',
    GND ID → 7517999-4
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  3. 24w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Canada
    Coordinates → —
    Different from → Sable, Cape Sable Island
    Located in protected area → Sable Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Sable Island National Park Reserve
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at URL: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/ostrov-sable/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User talk:Jarkn "
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