Haro Strait

E213966

Haro Strait is a major marine waterway in the Salish Sea between Vancouver Island and the San Juan Islands, forming part of the Canada–United States border and serving as an important shipping route.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Haro Strait canonical 19
Salish Sea international shipping route 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marine waterway
strait
connectsTo Boundary Pass
Rosario Strait
Georgia Strait
surface form: Strait of Georgia

Juan de Fuca Strait
surface form: Strait of Juan de Fuca
countryBorderOf Canada–United States border
formsBorderBetween Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
hasNavigationalRole major international shipping route
primary route between Seattle region and the open Pacific Ocean
primary route between Vancouver and the open Pacific Ocean
hasPart Moresby Passage
San Juan Channel
Spieden Channel
isHabitatOf Southern Resident killer whale
surface form: Southern Resident killer whales

harbor seals
porpoises
salmon
seabirds
isImportantFor Canada–US marine transportation
cross-border trade
isPartOfMaritimeRegion British Columbia coast
surface form: Coast of British Columbia

Pacific Northwest
Puget Sound region
isSubjectOf Haro Strait boundary dispute
isWithinExclusiveEconomicZoneOf Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedIn Salish Sea
locatedInCountry Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedInProvinceOrState British Columbia
Washington
surface form: Washington (state)
locatedNear Gulf Islands
San Juan Islands
surface form: San Juan Island

Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
surface form: Sidney, British Columbia

Victoria, British Columbia
namedAfter Gonzalo López de Haro
partOf Inside Passage
Salish Sea
separates San Juan Islands
Vancouver Island
usedFor commercial shipping
ferry traffic
fishing
recreational boating
whale watching
wasDisputedIn Pig War
waterBodyType saltwater

Referenced by (20)

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

Georgia Strait connectedTo Haro Strait
Salish Sea contains Haro Strait
San Juan County bordersBodyOfWater Haro Strait
subject surface form: San Juan County, Washington
San Juan Islands borderedBy Haro Strait
Rosario Strait partOf Haro Strait
this entity surface form: Salish Sea international shipping route
Saanich borders Haro Strait
Saanich hasCoastlineOn Haro Strait
Oak Bay borders Haro Strait
Central Saanich hasCoastlineOn Haro Strait
North Saanich hasCoastlineOn Haro Strait
North Saanich borderedBy Haro Strait
Boundary Pass connectsBodyOfWater Haro Strait
Boundary Pass locatedEastOf Haro Strait
Sidney hasCoastlineOn Haro Strait
subject surface form: Sidney, British Columbia
Francisco de Eliza exploredRegion Haro Strait