Absecon Island

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Absecon Island is a barrier island along the New Jersey coast that hosts several resort communities, including the famous casino and boardwalk city of Atlantic City.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf barrier island
administrativeDivision Atlantic City
surface form: Atlantic City, New Jersey

Longport, New Jersey
Margate City, New Jersey
Ventnor City, New Jersey
climate humid subtropical climate
coastType barrier beach system
connectedBy Albany Avenue Bridge
Atlantic City Expressway terminus
Brigantine Boulevard
Downbeach Express (Margate Bridge)
country United States of America
hasCity Atlantic City
surface form: Atlantic City, New Jersey

Longport, New Jersey
Margate City, New Jersey
Ventnor City, New Jersey
hasFeature back-bay marshes
dunes
oceanfront beaches
hasLandUse commercial casino district
residential areas
tourist resorts
hasTransportation NJ Transit Atlantic City Line
surface form: NJ Transit Atlantic City Line (to nearby mainland)
knownFor Atlantic City Boardwalk
beach tourism
casino resorts
locatedIn Atlantic County, New Jersey
New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey
locatedInBodyOfWater Absecon Inlet
surface form: Absecon Inlet (to the north)
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
nearbyCity Absecon
surface form: Absecon, New Jersey (on the mainland)
partOf Atlantic coastal barrier island chain
Jersey Shore
separatedFrom mainland New Jersey
subjectTo beach erosion
coastal storms

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

Atlantic City locatedOnBodyOfWater Absecon Island
Absecon locatedOn Absecon Island
this entity surface form: Absecon Bay
Ventnor City locatedOn Absecon Island
Ventnor City isPartOf Absecon Island
this entity surface form: Absecon Island resort communities
Longport locatedOn Absecon Island