Sandy Hook Bay

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Sandy Hook Bay is a sheltered inlet along the New Jersey coast near the entrance to New York Harbor, known for its maritime activity, recreational boating, and proximity to Sandy Hook Peninsula.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sandy Hook Bay canonical 5
Sandy Hook Bay area 1
Sandy Hook Peninsula 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay
inlet
adjacentTo Lower New York Bay
Raritan Bay
Sandy Hook Bay self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sandy Hook Peninsula
basinCountry United States of America
connectsTo Atlantic Ocean
Lower New York Bay
Raritan Bay
country United States of America
hasActivity commercial shipping
ferry operations
pleasure craft traffic
hasCharacteristic natural harbor qualities
sheltered waters
hasMarina Atlantic Highlands Municipal Harbor
surface form: Atlantic Highlands Marina
hasNavigationRole approach to New York Harbor from the south
hasNearbyFacility U.S. Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook
hasNearbyProtectedArea Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area
hasPort Atlantic Highlands Municipal Harbor
hasRecreation birdwatching along shoreline
boating
kayaking
sport fishing
hasShorelineSettlement Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey
Highlands, New Jersey
Middletown Township, New Jersey
influencedBy Atlantic Ocean tides
locatedAtMouthOf Raritan River watershed
surface form: Raritan River system (via Raritan Bay)
locatedIn Monmouth County, New Jersey
New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey
locatedNorthOf Jersey Shore barrier beaches
locatedOn East Coast of the United States
surface form: Atlantic coast of the United States
locatedSouthOf Staten Island
surface form: Staten Island, New York
near Gateway National Recreation Area
Sandy Hook Lighthouse
surface form: Sandy Hook Light

entrance to New York Harbor
partOf Mid-Atlantic Bight of the Atlantic Ocean
surface form: Mid-Atlantic Bight

New York Harbor
Raritan Bay
usedFor anchorage
fishing
maritime transport
recreational boating
sailing
waterBodyType sheltered inlet

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Referenced by (8)

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

Lower New York Bay connectsTo Sandy Hook Bay
Lower New York Bay adjacentTo Sandy Hook Bay
Raritan Bay connectedTo Sandy Hook Bay
Monmouth County, New Jersey adjacentTo Sandy Hook Bay
Middletown Township, New Jersey hasHistoricSite Sandy Hook Bay
this entity surface form: Sandy Hook Bay area
Rumson Peninsula near Sandy Hook Bay
Sandy Hook Bay adjacentTo Sandy Hook Bay self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sandy Hook Peninsula
Sandy Hook Lighthouse locatedIn Sandy Hook Bay
this entity surface form: Sandy Hook peninsula