Vancouver Island

Summary

Vancouver Island is an island^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.67% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,066 views/month, #49 of 7,296).^[2]

Key Facts

• Vancouver Island is located in British Columbia^[3].
• Vancouver Island is in the country of Canada^[4].
• Vancouver Island is on the body of water Pacific Ocean^[5].
• Vancouver Island is on the body of water Strait of Georgia^[6].
• Vancouver Island's video is recorded as Ferrying to Vancouver Island.ogv^[7].
• Vancouver Island's image is recorded as VancouverIsland.A2003154.1930.250m.cropped.jpg^[8].
• Vancouver Island's continent is recorded as North America^[9].
• Vancouver Island's instance of is recorded as island^[10].
• Vancouver Island's flag image is recorded as Flag of Vancouver Island.svg^[11].
• Vancouver Island's flag is recorded as flag of Vancouver Island^[12].
• Vancouver Island's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315124753^[13].
• Vancouver Island's GND ID is recorded as 4319960-4^[14].
• Vancouver Island's locator map image is recorded as Canada Vancouver Island location map.svg^[15].
• Vancouver Island's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2006001521^[16].
• Vancouver Island's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11972421v^[17].
• Vancouver Island's IdRef ID is recorded as 027747670^[18].
• Vancouver Island's Commons category is recorded as Vancouver Island^[19].
• Vancouver Island's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2249770^[20].
• Vancouver Island's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−08:00^[21].
• Vancouver Island's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1774-00-00T00:00:00Z^[22].
• Vancouver Island's highest point is recorded as Golden Hinde^[23].
• Vancouver Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 49.633333, 'lon': -125.7}^[24].
• Vancouver Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dyg2^[25].
• Vancouver Island's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge258350^[26].
• Vancouver Island's CGNDB unique ID is recorded as JBRIN^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Vancouver Island include Vancouver Island University^[28], a university in British Columbia^[29], in Canada^[30], founded in 1969^[31].

Why It Matters

Vancouver Island ranks in the top 0.67% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,066 views/month, #49 of 7,296).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for it include Vancouver Island University^[28], a university in British Columbia^[29], in Canada^[30], founded in 1969^[31].