Block Island

E293872
island tourist destination

Block Island is a small island off the coast of Rhode Island known for its coastal scenery, historic lighthouses, and role as a traditional center of Narragansett life and culture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Block Island canonical 9
Block Island, Rhode Island 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
accessibleBy ferry ⓘ
small aircraft ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasAdministrativeCenter New Shoreham, Rhode Island ⓘ
hasArea about 25 square kilometers ⓘ
about 9.7 square miles ⓘ
hasClimate humid continental climate with strong maritime influence ⓘ
hasCoastlineFeature rocky shores ⓘ
sandy beaches ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation Narragansett people ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity commercial fishing ⓘ
hospitality industry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEcosystem coastal dunes ⓘ
freshwater ponds ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ
salt marshes ⓘ
hasHistoricName Manisses ⓘ
hasLandmark Great Salt Pond ⓘ
Mohegan Bluffs ⓘ
North Lighthouse ⓘ
Old Harbor Historic District ⓘ
Southeast Lighthouse ⓘ
hasPopulation about 1,000 year-round residents ⓘ
hasPort New Harbor ⓘ
Old Harbor ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Block Island National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
hasTraditionalRole center of Narragansett life and culture ⓘ
hasTransportationInfrastructure Block Island State Airport ⓘ
isPartOf Block Island Sound ⓘ
knownFor Narragansett life and culture ⓘ
beaches ⓘ
bluffs ⓘ
coastal scenery ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
historic lighthouses ⓘ
sailing ⓘ
summer tourism ⓘ
locatedIn Rhode Island ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedInRegion New England ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Rhode Island ⓘ
namedAfter Adriaen Block ⓘ
partOf New Shoreham, Rhode Island ⓘ
surface form: Town of New Shoreham, Rhode Island

Washington County, Rhode Island ⓘ
separatedFrom mainland Rhode Island ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Narragansett → historicalPopulationCenter → Block Island ⓘ
New London, Connecticut → hasFerryServiceTo → Block Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Block Island, Rhode Island
Block Island Sound → separates → Block Island ⓘ
Block Island Sound → borderedBy → Block Island ⓘ
Block Island Sound → hasNearbyIsland → Block Island ⓘ
Washington County, Rhode Island → contains → Block Island ⓘ
Rhode Island Sound → adjacentTo → Block Island ⓘ
Battle of Block Island (1776) → namedAfter → Block Island ⓘ
Rhode Island’s coastline → contains → Block Island ⓘ
Narragansett, Rhode Island → ferryDestination → Block Island ⓘ