Bataan Peninsula

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landform peninsula

The Bataan Peninsula is a landform in the Philippines west of Manila that became historically significant as the site of a major World War II battle and the subsequent Bataan Death March.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bataan	1
Bataan National Park	1
Bataan Peninsula lowlands	1
Bataan coast	1
Lamao area, Bataan	1
World War II Bataan campaign area	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	landform ⓘ peninsula ⓘ
adjacentTo	Subic Bay ⓘ Zambales Mountains ⓘ
administrativeRegion	Central Luzon ⓘ surface form: Region III (Central Luzon)
borders	Manila Bay ⓘ South China Sea ⓘ
contains	Bataan Peninsula self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bataan National Park Mount Mariveles ⓘ Mount Natib ⓘ Subic Bay Freeport Zone vicinity ⓘ town of Bagac ⓘ town of Balanga ⓘ town of Mariveles ⓘ town of Morong ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
currentUse	agricultural area ⓘ industrial zone ⓘ tourism destination ⓘ
dateOfEvent	Battle of Bataan ⓘ surface form: Battle of Bataan 1942
forms	western side of Manila Bay ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Manila Bay ⓘ South China Sea ⓘ
hasHighestPoint	Mount Mariveles ⓘ Mount Natib ⓘ
hasMemorial	Bataan Death March ⓘ surface form: Bataan Death March markers Bataan World War II Museum (Balanga) ⓘ Dambana ng Kagitingan (Shrine of Valor) on Mount Samat ⓘ
hasTransportLink	Bataan–Manila ferry routes ⓘ road network connecting to Pampanga and Zambales ⓘ
historicalEvent	surrender of United States and Philippine forces in April 1942 ⓘ
knownFor	Bataan Death March ⓘ Battle of Bataan ⓘ World War II historical significance ⓘ natural forests and mountains ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Luzon ⓘ Luzon ⓘ Province of Bataan ⓘ
partOf	Pacific War ⓘ surface form: Pacific theater of World War II (historical region)
strategicImportance	access route to Manila ⓘ defense of Manila Bay ⓘ
usedFor	military defense during World War II ⓘ
wasSiteOf	Bataan Death March ⓘ surface form: Bataan Death March starting points Battle of Bataan ⓘ Philippines campaign (1941–1942) ⓘ surface form: World War II Japanese invasion of the Philippines defensive campaign
westOf	Manila ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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

United States Army Forces in the Far East → areaOfOperations → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

Bataan Peninsula → contains → Bataan Peninsula self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bataan National Park

Zambales Mountains → formsNaturalBarrierAlong → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bataan coast

War Plan Orange-3 → geographicFocus → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

Mount Mariveles → hasHistoricalSignificance → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War II Bataan campaign area

Dambana ng Kagitingan (Shrine of Valor) on Mount Samat → hasView → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

subject surface form: Dambana ng Kagitingan

Mount Natib → isAmongHighestIn → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

Mount Natib → isMajorPeakOf → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

Bataan World War II Museum (Balanga) → locatedIn → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

Mount Mariveles → locatedIn → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

Mount Natib → locatedIn → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

The Rock → locatedNear → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

subject surface form: Corregidor

town of Bagac → locatedOn → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

subject surface form: Bagac

Province of Bataan → locatedOnPeninsula → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

Bataan Death March → location → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

Battle of Bataan → location → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

Battle of the Pockets → location → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

Battle of the Points → location → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lamao area, Bataan

Philippines campaign (1941–1942) → location → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

Corregidor → near → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

Subic Bay → near → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

Mount Natib → overlooks → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bataan Peninsula lowlands

town of Balanga → partOf → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

subject surface form: Balanga

Kapampangan language → spokenIn → Bataan Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bataan