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Vilkitsky Island

island in East Siberian Sea, Russia
Landform island Q762450
Vilkitsky Island
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Summary

Vilkitsky Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (53 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bulunsky District[3]
  • Country: Russia[4], Soviet Union[5], Russian Empire[6]
  • Located in or next to body of water: East Siberian Sea[7]
  • Part of: De Long Islands[8]
  • Time of discovery or invention: August 20, 1913[9]
  • Located in/on physical feature: New Siberian Islands[10]
  • Population: 0[11]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12]
  • Different from: Vilkitsky Island[13]
  • Length: 2 km[14]
  • Elevation above sea level: 70 m[15]
  • Area: 1.5 km²[16]
  • Width: 1 km[17]

Why It Matters

Vilkitsky Island has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Russia Russian Empire

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Q29860645. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Q29860645. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in/on physical feature → New Siberian Islands
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1.5'}
    Different from → Vilkitsky Island
    Part of → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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