U Thant Island

Summary

U Thant Island is an artificial island^[1]. It draws 215 Wikipedia views per month (artificial_island category, ranking #7 of 47).^[2]

Key Facts

• U Thant Island is located in Manhattan^[3].
• U Thant Island is located in New York County^[4].
• U Thant Island is in the country of United States^[5].
• U Thant Island is on the body of water East River^[6].
• U Thant Island's image is recorded as U Thant Island from West.jpg^[7].
• U Thant Island's instance of is recorded as artificial island^[8].
• U Thant Island's instance of is recorded as park^[9].
• U Thant Island's instance of is recorded as bird sanctuary^[10].
• U Thant Island's instance of is recorded as island^[11].
• U Thant Island's commissioned by is recorded as August Belmont Jr.^[12].
• U Thant Island's commissioned by is recorded as William Steinway^[13].
• U Thant Island's maintained by is recorded as New York City Department of Parks and Recreation^[14].
• U Thant is named after U Thant Island^[15].
• August Belmont Jr. is named after U Thant Island^[16].
• U Thant Island's made from material is recorded as landfill^[17].
• U Thant Island's Commons category is recorded as U Thant Island^[18].
• U Thant Island's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 943637^[19].
• U Thant Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.746597222222, 'lon': -73.964386111111}^[20].
• U Thant Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.7467685, 'lon': -73.9648607}^[21].
• U Thant Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03_t_x^[22].
• U Thant Island's direction relative to location is recorded as east^[23].
• U Thant Island's direction relative to location is recorded as south^[24].
• U Thant Island's direction relative to location is recorded as west^[25].
• U Thant Island's significant event is recorded as Soviet Jewry Freedom Island^[26].
• U Thant Island's significant event is recorded as Belmont Island (SMEAC)^[27].

Body

Geography

U Thant Island is in the country of United States^[5]. Located in include Manhattan^[3], a borough of New York City^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1624^[30] and New York County^[4], a county of New York^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1683^[33]. It is on the body of water East River^[6].

Physical Characteristics

U Thant Island's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+0.002023'}^[34]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3'}^[35]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}^[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include artificial island^[8], park^[9], bird sanctuary^[10], and island^[11].

History and Context

Things named after include U Thant^[15], a politician^[37], 1909–1974^[38], of Myanmar^[39], awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding^[40] and August Belmont Jr.^[16], a polo player^[41], 1853–1924^[42], of United States^[43].

Why It Matters

U Thant Island draws 215 Wikipedia views per month (artificial_island category, ranking #7 of 47).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[44] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[45]