Marmara Island

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Marmara Island is a large, historically significant island in northwestern Turkey known for its marble quarries and location in the Sea of Marmara between the Aegean and Black Seas.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Marmara Island canonical 6
Marmara Adası 1
Marmara Islands 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island
populated place
country Turkey
hasAlternativeName Marmara Island
surface form: Marmara Adası

Prokonnesos
surface form: Proconnesus

Prokonnesos
hasCoastlineOn Sea of Marmara
hasEconomicActivity fishing
stone quarrying
tourism
hasFeature Mediterranean climate
hilly terrain
rocky coastline
hasHistoricalUse source of marble for ancient buildings
hasLanguage Turkish
hasMinorityLanguageHistory Greek
hasNameOrigin Greek word for marble "marmaros"
hasResource marble
hasSettlement Asmalı
Gündoğdu
Marmara (town)
Topağaç
Çınarlı
hasTransport ferry connections
hasTransportConnectionTo Erdek
Istanbul
Tekirdağ Province
surface form: Tekirdağ
knownFor historical significance
marble production
marble quarries
locatedBetween Aegean Sea
Black Sea
locatedIn Marmara Region
Sea of Marmara
northwestern Turkey
locatedInBodyOfWater Sea of Marmara
locatedInTimeZone TRT
locatedNorthOf Erdek
locatedSouthOf Tekirdağ Province
surface form: Tekirdağ
locatedWestOf Istanbul
partOf Balıkesir Province
Marmara District
Sea of Marmara archipelago
timeZoneOffset UTC+3
usedSince antiquity

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Referenced by (8)

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

Sea of Marmara hasIsland Marmara Island
Sea of Marmara namedAfter Marmara Island
Avşa Island locatedNear Marmara Island
Paşalimanı Island partOf Marmara Island
this entity surface form: Marmara Islands
Port of Bandırma connectsTo Marmara Island
Marmara Island hasAlternativeName Marmara Island
this entity surface form: Marmara Adası
İmralı Island locatedNear Marmara Island
Balıkesir Province hasIsland Marmara Island