British Isles maritime region

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The British Isles maritime region is the collective network of surrounding seas, channels, and coastal waters that encircle and connect the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, and their smaller neighboring islands.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
British Isles maritime region canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal region
geographical region
marine ecoregion
maritime region
borders Channel Islands (crown dependencies)
surface form: Channel Islands

Ireland
Isle of Man (crown dependency)
surface form: Isle of Man

United Kingdom
connectsTo Arctic-influenced North Atlantic waters
Bay of Biscay
Norwegian Sea
ecoregionOf North Atlantic marine biodiversity
hasCharacteristic complex coastal morphology
strong tidal ranges
temperate marine climate
hasLegalContext Irish territorial waters
United Kingdom territorial waters
exclusive economic zones around the British Isles
includesSeaArea Bristol Channel
Celtic Sea
English Channel
Firth of Clyde
Firth of Forth
Irish Sea
Minch
Moray Firth
North Channel
North Sea
Pentland Firth
Sea of the Hebrides
Skagerrak
surface form: Skagerrak transition zone

Solway Firth
St George’s Channel
surface form: St George's Channel
influencedBy Gulf Stream
surface form: Gulf Stream system

North Atlantic Current
surface form: North Atlantic Drift
locatedIn North-East Atlantic Ocean
surface form: Eastern North Atlantic

Atlantic Ocean
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Northern Hemisphere
partOf North-East Atlantic Ocean
surface form: Northeast Atlantic marine region
surrounds Channel Islands (crown dependencies)
surface form: Channel Islands

Great Britain
Hebrides NERFINISHED
Ireland
Isle of Man (crown dependency)
surface form: Isle of Man

Orkney Islands
Shetland
surface form: Shetland Islands
usedFor commercial shipping
fishing
naval operations
offshore energy production
recreational boating

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

North Channel partOf British Isles maritime region