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Surtsey

volcanic island located in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago off the southern coast of Iceland
Landform island Q178124

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
island, protected area[5]
Inception
November 14, 1963[8]
Country
Iceland[3]
Official website
surtsey.is[11]
Part of
Vestmannaeyjar[7]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 63.304°, -20.605°
Area
+1.41[18]
Elevation above sea level
+155[17]
Heritage designation
World Heritage Site[13]
IUCN protected areas category
IUCN category Ia: Strict Nature Reserve[10]
Length
+1.7[16]
Located in or next to body of water
Atlantic Ocean[4]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Vestmannaeyjar[2]
Located in/on physical feature
Vestmannaeyjar[9]
Named after
Surtr[6]
Native label
Surtsey Nature Reserve[15]
Official name
Surtsey[14]
Population
+0[12]
Width
+1.4[19]
World Heritage criteria
(ix)[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Surtsey ar سرتسي el Σούρτσεϊ fa سورت (جزیره) he סורטסי he סירטסיי hi सरट्से ja スルスエイ ja スルセイ島 ja スルツェイ ja スルツエイ ja スルツェイ島 ko 쉬르체이 산 ko 서트지 ko 쉬르트세이섬 pt Vulcão Surtsey ru Surtsey ru Сертсей ru Сёртсей ru Суртсей
🔖 Identifiers · 23
VIAF cluster ID
244124587
GND ID
4118911-5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Surtsey by Brian Gratwicke.jpg ↗
Common Database on Designated Areas ID
1553
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--4912
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Surtsey
Freebase ID
/m/074t4
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2654031
GeoNames ID
3412842
Global Volcanism Program ID
372010
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
surtsey
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0488876
Show all 23 identifiers +11
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Surtsey
Lex ID
Surtsey
OpenStreetMap node ID
2281238556
OpenStreetMap way ID
25.7M (25.7M–411.2M, n=3)
PeakVisor peak ID
surtsey
Vikidia article ID
en:Surtsey, es:Surtsey
WDPA ID
1553
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Island", "Surtsey"]
World Heritage Site ID
1267
World Historical Gazetteer place ID
13184039
Yale LUX ID
place/b37842e8-4190-41b3-92fc-6c0d53196878

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
island, protected area
Country 1
Iceland
Heritage designation 1
World Heritage Site
Located in or next to body of water 1
Atlantic Ocean
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Vestmannaeyjar
Located in time zone 1
UTC±00:00
Located in/on physical feature 1
Vestmannaeyjar
Named after 1
Surtr
Part of 1
Vestmannaeyjar
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Summary

Surtsey is an island[1].

Related Entities

Iceland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Nationally designated areas inventory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Nationally designated areas inventory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Nationally designated areas inventory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Nationally designated areas inventory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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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. 26d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 24w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at URL → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at URL: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/surtsey/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User talk:Jarkn and W"
  3. 26w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    OpenStreetMap node ID → 2281238556
    Instance of → —
    Width → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+1.4'}
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Island", "Surtsey"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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