Schouten Islands

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The Schouten Islands are a group of islands off the northern coast of Papua (Indonesia), known for their indigenous communities and distinct Papuan languages.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Schouten Islands canonical 5
Schouten Islands region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
administrativeCenterOn Biak ⓘ
linked to: Biak Island
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
colonialHistoryWith Netherlands ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
hasAirportOn Biak ⓘ
linked to: Biak Island
hasCulturalRegion Biak-Numfor cultural area ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEcosystem coral reef ecosystems ⓘ
mangrove forests ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasEthnolinguisticGroup Biak-Numfor people ⓘ
linked to: Biak people
hasIndigenousPeople Biak people ⓘ
Numfor people ⓘ
linked to: Numfor language
hasLanguage Biak language ⓘ
Numfor language ⓘ
Schouten languages ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Papuan languages ⓘ
hasLargestIsland Biak ⓘ
linked to: Biak Island
hasMajorIsland Biak ⓘ
linked to: Biak Island

Numfor ⓘ
Padaido Islands ⓘ
Rani Islands ⓘ
Supiori ⓘ
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
indigenous belief systems ⓘ
hasTransportHubOn Biak ⓘ
linked to: Biak Island
historicalRegionOf Dutch New Guinea ⓘ
knownFor coral reefs ⓘ
distinct Papuan languages ⓘ
indigenous communities ⓘ
marine biodiversity ⓘ
locatedIn Indonesian time zone Eastern Indonesia Time ⓘ
Melanesia ⓘ
Papua Province ⓘ
Southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Western New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: western New Guinea
locatedInWaterBody Pacific Ocean ⓘ
namedAfter Willem Schouten ⓘ
offCoastOf northern coast of Papua ⓘ
partOf Biak Numfor Regency ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Indonesian archipelago ⓘ
strategicLocation near northern coast of New Guinea ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Schouten languages → region → Schouten Islands ⓘ
Papuan Islands → hasSubregion → Schouten Islands ⓘ
Biak people → nativeTo → Schouten Islands ⓘ
northern coast of New Guinea → adjacentTo → Schouten Islands ⓘ
Battle of Biak → location → Schouten Islands ⓘ
Yapen languages → spokenIn → Schouten Islands region ⓘ
linked to: Schouten Islands