Lagos Lagoon

E274569
coastal lagoon lagoon

Lagos Lagoon is a large coastal lagoon in southwestern Nigeria that forms part of the Lagos harbor system and plays a central role in the region’s transportation, commerce, and ecology.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Lagos Lagoon canonical 27
Lagos Lagoon system 2
Bay of Lagos 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal lagoon ⓘ
lagoon ⓘ
area approximately 6,354 square kilometres ⓘ
averageDepth less than 2 metres ⓘ
basinCountry Nigeria ⓘ
bodyOfWaterType brackish water ⓘ
borderedBy freshwater wetlands ⓘ
mangrove swamps ⓘ
cityOnBodyOfWater Epe ⓘ
Ikorodu ⓘ
Lagos ⓘ
connectedTo Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Lagos Harbour ⓘ
Lekki ⓘ
surface form: Lekki Lagoon

Ologe Lagoon ⓘ
Yewa Lagoon ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
crossedBy Carter Bridge ⓘ
Eko Bridge ⓘ
Third Mainland Bridge ⓘ
ecologicalRole feeding and roosting area for waterbirds ⓘ
important habitat for fish and shellfish ⓘ
hasIsland Apapa Port ⓘ
surface form: Apapa

Ikoyi ⓘ
Lagos Island ⓘ
Victoria Island ⓘ
inflow Aye River ⓘ
Badagry Creek ⓘ
Ijede Creek ⓘ
Ogun River ⓘ
Oshun River ⓘ
Yewa River ⓘ
length approximately 50 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Lagos State ⓘ
Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
locatedNear Lekki ⓘ
surface form: Lekki Peninsula
locatedOn Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
maximumWidth approximately 13 kilometres ⓘ
outflow Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf Lagos Lagoon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lagos harbour system
separatedFrom Atlantic Ocean by Lagos Bar Beach barrier island ⓘ
threatenedBy domestic sewage discharge ⓘ
industrial pollution ⓘ
land reclamation ⓘ
oil spills ⓘ
solid waste dumping ⓘ
usedFor domestic water supply in surrounding communities ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
sand mining ⓘ
water transport ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

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

Apapa Port → locatedOnWaterbody → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Tin Can Island Port → locatedOn → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Ikorodu → locatedOn → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Ikorodu → borderedBy → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Third Mainland Bridge → crosses → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Third Mainland Bridge → locatedInBodyOfWater → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Lagos Island → locatedInBodyOfWater → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Awori → associatedWithWaterways → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lagos lagoon
Lagos State → hasLagoon → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Lagos city walls → hasView → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bay of Lagos
Point of Mercy → hasViewOf → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lagos coastline
Lagos Lagoon → partOf → Lagos Lagoon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lagos harbour system
Osun River → hasMouth → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Osun River → emptiesInto → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Eti-Osa local government area → borderedBy → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
subject surface form: Eti-Osa Local Government Area
Lekki–Ikoyi Link Bridge (via Lekki corridor) → locatedInWaterBody → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
subject surface form: Lekki–Ikoyi Link Bridge
this entity surface form: Lagos Lagoon system
Lekki → borderedBy → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Ikorodu Local Government Council → locatedNear → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Ijede Local Council Development Area → locatedNear → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Igbogbo-Baiyeku Local Council Development Area → hasCoastlineOn → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Epe fish market → locatedOnWaterbody → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Oworonshoki → locatedOnWaterbody → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Lagos Island Local Government Area → borderedBy → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Broad Street, Lagos → hasNearbyWaterBody → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Marina axis business district → adjacentTo → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Lafiaji neighborhood → locatedOn → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lagos Lagoon island cluster
Carter Bridge → crosses → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Carter Bridge → locatedInWaterBody → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lagos Lagoon area
Eko Bridge → crosses → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Ogun River → flowsInto → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Ogun River → mouthLocation → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Ogun River → drainageBasin → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lagos Lagoon system
Onikan → locatedOn → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Ikoyi → borderedBy → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ
Lagos Mainland → borderedBy → Lagos Lagoon ⓘ