Vineyard Sound

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body of water strait

Vineyard Sound is a strait off the coast of Massachusetts that separates the island of Martha’s Vineyard from the mainland and serves as a busy route for coastal and ferry traffic.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Vineyard Sound and Muskeget Channel region 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water ⓘ
strait ⓘ
connectsTo Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Buzzards Bay ⓘ
Nantucket Sound ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
hasAdjacentIsland Martha's Vineyard ⓘ
hasAdjacentMainlandArea Cape Cod ⓘ
hasAdjacentTown Falmouth ⓘ
surface form: Falmouth, Massachusetts

Oak Bluffs ⓘ
surface form: Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts

Tisbury, Massachusetts ⓘ
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
surface form: Woods Hole, Massachusetts
hasEcologicalFeature coastal ecosystem ⓘ
marine habitat ⓘ
hasEconomicImportance ferry services ⓘ
fishing industry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasNavigationalAid buoys ⓘ
lighthouses ⓘ
hasNavigationalHazard shoals ⓘ
strong tidal currents ⓘ
hasNearbyFerryPort Oak Bluffs ⓘ
surface form: Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts

Vineyard Haven ⓘ
surface form: Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
surface form: Woods Hole, Massachusetts
hasShippingRouteRole busy coastal route ⓘ
isPartOf East Coast of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Seaboard of the United States

coast of Massachusetts ⓘ
isPopularFor boating ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ
sailing ⓘ
locatedIn Massachusetts ⓘ
New England ⓘ
locatedNear Buzzards Bay ⓘ
Cape Cod ⓘ
Martha's Vineyard ⓘ
Nantucket Sound ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Massachusetts ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
region Northeastern United States ⓘ
separates Martha's Vineyard ⓘ
mainland of Massachusetts ⓘ
usedFor coastal shipping ⓘ
commercial fishing ⓘ
ferry traffic ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
waterwayType coastal strait ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

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

Gay Head → adjacentTo → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
West Chop headland → adjacentTo → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
Falmouth → borderedBy → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
subject surface form: Falmouth, Massachusetts
Menauhant Beach → borderedBy → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
Nantucket Sound → borderedBy → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
Nantucket Sound → borderedBy → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vineyard Sound and Muskeget Channel region
subject surface form: West Chop
Buzzards Bay → connectedTo → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
Waquoit Bay → connectedTo → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
Muskeget Channel → connectsTo → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
Nantucket Sound → connectsTo → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
Upper Cape → hasCoastlineOn → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
Menauhant Beach → hasNearbyWaterBody → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
Massachusetts coastline → hasPart → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
Aquinnah → hasViewOf → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
Menauhant Beach → hasViewOf → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
West Chop headland → hasViewOf → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
Surf Drive Beach → hasWaterBody → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
Elizabeth Islands → locatedInBodyOfWater → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
Great Harbor → locatedInBodyOfWater → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
Teaticket → locatedNear → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
Vineyard Haven → locatedOn → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
subject surface form: West Chop
Woods Hole ferry terminal → locatedOn → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
East Chop Light → overlooks → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
West Chop Light → overlooks → Vineyard Sound ⓘ
West Chop Light → waterwayServed → Vineyard Sound ⓘ