Storm Bay

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Storm Bay is a large, sheltered bay on the southeastern coast of Tasmania, Australia, opening into the Tasman Sea and serving as the main maritime gateway to Hobart.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Storm Bay canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay
coastal water body
adjacentToCity Hobart
belongsToExclusiveEconomicZoneOf Australia
coastType southeastern coast
connectedTo Derwent estuary
surface form: River Derwent estuary
continent Australia
country Australia
countrySubdivision Tasmania
surface form: state of Tasmania
geographicDirectionFrom south of Hobart
southeast of central Tasmania
hasCharacteristic large
sheltered
hasClimate temperate maritime climate
hasEconomicImportanceFor Hobart
Tasmania
hasFeature relatively protected waters compared to open Tasman Sea
hasNameLanguage English
hasNavigationRole approach to River Derwent and Hobart
isAccessedBy ferries
ocean‑going vessels
recreational craft
isImportantFor local fisheries
regional maritime transport
tourism and recreation
isPartOfMaritimeRegion southeastern Australian waters
locatedIn Tasmania
locatedInHemisphere Eastern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
locatedInOcean South Pacific Ocean
locatedInRegion southeastern Tasmania
locatedNear Hobart
locatedOnCoastOf Tasmania
marineEnvironment coastal marine ecosystem
maritimeGatewayFor Hobart
navigationHazardLevel moderate
opensInto Tasman Sea
partOf Tasman Sea
servesAs main maritime gateway to Hobart
state Tasmania
usedFor commercial shipping access to Hobart
fishing
recreational boating
shipping
waterBodyType bay

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Derwent River mouthLocatedIn Storm Bay
Derwent River flowsInto Storm Bay
River Derwent mouthLocatedIn Storm Bay
subject surface form: River Derwent (Tasmania)
Southern Tasmania contains Storm Bay