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Staffa

island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Landform island Q250117
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Summary

Staffa is an island[1]. Staffa ranks in the top 4% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,192 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Argyll and Bute[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Sea of the Hebrides[5]
  • Owned by: National Trust for Scotland[6]
  • Operator: National Trust for Scotland[7]
  • Location: Argyll and Bute[8]
  • Part of: Inner Hebrides[9]
  • Commons category: Staffa[10]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Inner Hebrides[11]
  • Official website: https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/staffa[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Staffa (island)[13]
  • Commons gallery: Staffa[14]
  • Population: 0[15]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], Meyer’s Universum, Achter Band[19]
  • Length: 0.6 km[20]
  • Elevation above sea level: 42 m[21]
  • Area: 33 ha[22]
  • Width: 0.2 km[23]
  • Historic county: Argyll[24]

Why It Matters

Staffa has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Staffa is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . 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 ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'eu',
    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 ↗
    Located in → —
    Instance of → —
    Width → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+0.2'}
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+42'}
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Island", "Staffa::56y68"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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