Provincetown Harbor
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Provincetown Harbor is a historic natural harbor at the tip of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known as the landing site of the Pilgrims before they settled at Plymouth.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Provincetown Harbor canonical | 14 |
| Port of Provincetown | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
body of water
ⓘ
natural harbor ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| governedBy |
Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Provincetown ⓘ
surface form:
Town of Provincetown
|
| hasEconomicActivity |
fishing industry
ⓘ
marine transportation ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
breakwater structures
ⓘ
deep anchorage ⓘ dune-backed shoreline ⓘ long natural sand spit (Long Point) ⓘ wharves and piers ⓘ |
| hasMouth | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid |
Long Point Breakwater
ⓘ
Long Point Light ⓘ Wood End Light ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandform |
Herring Cove
ⓘ
Long Point ⓘ Race Point ⓘ |
| hasNearbyProtectedArea | Cape Cod National Seashore ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement |
Provincetown
ⓘ
surface form:
Town of Provincetown
|
| hasPort |
Provincetown Harbor
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Port of Provincetown
|
| historicalEvent |
anchorage of the Mayflower in 1620
ⓘ
signing of the Mayflower Compact nearby in 1620 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Pilgrims’ first landing in 1620
ⓘ
being a historic natural harbor ⓘ being a sheltered deep-water harbor ⓘ commercial and recreational fishing ⓘ role in early colonial American history ⓘ tourism and boating ⓘ |
| locatedAtTipOf | Cape Cod ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Barnstable County, Massachusetts ⓘ Cape Cod ⓘ Massachusetts ⓘ New England ⓘ Provincetown ⓘ
surface form:
Provincetown, Massachusetts
|
| partOf |
Cape Cod Bay
ⓘ
Massachusetts coastline ⓘ
surface form:
Massachusetts coastal waters
|
| usedFor |
commercial fishing
ⓘ
ferry transportation ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ whale-watching tours ⓘ yachting and sailing ⓘ |
| visitedBy | Pilgrims in 1620 ⓘ |
| waterType | saltwater ⓘ |
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Port of Provincetown
subject surface form:
Commercial Street (Provincetown)