Gulf of Gonâve

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The Gulf of Gonâve is a large Caribbean gulf off the western coast of Haiti, encompassing major ports and coastal cities and playing a key role in the country’s maritime geography.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Gulf of Gonâve canonical 17
Bay of Port-au-Prince 2
Gulf of Gonâve coast 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water
geographical feature
gulf
basinCountry Haiti
belongsTo maritime territory of Haiti
borderedBy Artibonite Department
surface form: Artibonite coast

Gonâve Island
Tiburon Peninsula
climate tropical
country Haiti
hasCoastalCity Gonaïves
Léogâne
Miragoâne
Port-au-Prince
Saint-Marc
hasEconomicActivity fishing
port services
shipping
hasEnvironmentalConcern marine pollution
overfishing
hasIsland Gonâve Island
hasMajorPort Miragoâne
Port-au-Prince
Saint-Marc
hasNameOriginLanguage French
hasNavigationUse access to Port-au-Prince Bay
coastal shipping routes of Haiti
locatedIn Caribbean Sea
Haiti
locatedOn northern Caribbean plate margin
locatedOnCoastOf western coast of Haiti
locatedWestOf Port-au-Prince
namedAfter Gonâve Island
near Hispaniola
opensTo Caribbean Sea
partOf Atlantic Ocean
Greater Antilles
surface form: Greater Antilles region
playsRoleIn Haiti’s fishing industry
Haiti’s maritime geography
Haiti’s maritime trade
separates Gonâve Island
Haiti
surface form: Haitian mainland
subjectTo hurricanes
tropical storms

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

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

Ouest Department bordersBodyOfWater Gulf of Gonâve
Port-au-Prince locatedIn Gulf of Gonâve
Port-au-Prince locatedOn Gulf of Gonâve
this entity surface form: Bay of Port-au-Prince
Léogâne locatedOn Gulf of Gonâve
Cité Soleil locatedOn Gulf of Gonâve
Petit-Goâve locatedOn Gulf of Gonâve
Arcadins Coast locatedOnCoastOf Gulf of Gonâve
Arcahaie locatedOn Gulf of Gonâve
Artibonite River mouthLocatedIn Gulf of Gonâve
Carrefour hasCoastlineOn Gulf of Gonâve
Cabaret locatedInGeographicalRegion Gulf of Gonâve
this entity surface form: Gulf of Gonâve coast
Grand-Goâve locatedOn Gulf of Gonâve
Grand-Goâve hasNearbyBodyOfWater Gulf of Gonâve
Artibonite Department hasCoastOn Gulf of Gonâve
Artibonite Department hasCoastalFeature Gulf of Gonâve
this entity surface form: Gulf of Gonâve coast
Gonâve Island locatedIn Gulf of Gonâve
Jacmel, Haiti locatedOnBodyOfWater Gulf of Gonâve
subject surface form: Jacmel
Pont Rouge nearbyFeature Gulf of Gonâve
this entity surface form: Bay of Port-au-Prince
Gonaïves locatedOn Gulf of Gonâve
Arrondissement of Léogâne locatedInGeographicalFeature Gulf of Gonâve
this entity surface form: Gulf of Gonâve region
Léogâne (town) locatedOn Gulf of Gonâve
subject surface form: Léogâne