South Island
one of the two main New Zealand islands
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Summary
South Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 0.89% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,919 views/month, #65 of 7,296).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: New Zealand[3]
- Country: New Zealand[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Tasman Sea[5]
- Continent: Insular Oceania[6]
- Named after: south[7]
- Part of: New Zealand[8]
- Commons category: South Island, New Zealand[9]
- Highest point: Aoraki / Mount Cook[10]
- Located in/on physical feature: New Zealand[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:South Island[12]
- Population: 1,115,800[13]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[15]
- Official name: South Island[16], Te Waipounamu[17]
- Demonym: South Islander[18], Mainlander[19]
- Native label: South Island[20], Te Waipounamu[21]
- Different from: Southland Region[22]
- Area: 150,437 km²[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]
- P14541: Vk74B[25]
Why It Matters
South Island has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]