Leyte Gulf

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body of water geographical feature gulf

Leyte Gulf is a large body of water in the eastern Philippines that was the site of one of World War II’s largest and most decisive naval battles.

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Label	Occurrences
Leyte Gulf canonical	23

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of water ⓘ geographical feature ⓘ gulf ⓘ
associatedWithCountry	Japan ⓘ Philippines ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
associatedWithMilitaryTheater	Pacific War ⓘ surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
borders	Leyte ⓘ Mindanao Sea region ⓘ Samar Island ⓘ surface form: Samar
climate	tropical ⓘ
connectedTo	San Bernardino Strait ⓘ Surigao Strait ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
hasEcologicalFeature	coastal marine ecosystems ⓘ coral reef areas ⓘ mangrove-fringed coasts ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	coastal fisheries ⓘ maritime transport ⓘ
hasHazard	storm surges ⓘ typhoons ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	World War II ⓘ
hasLanguageRegion	Waray-speaking region ⓘ
hasNameOrigin	named after the island of Leyte ⓘ
hasNavigationRole	approach route to San Pedro Bay ⓘ
knownFor	Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern Philippines ⓘ
locatedInArchipelago	Visayas ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater	Philippine Sea ⓘ
nearbyCity	Dulag ⓘ Palo ⓘ Tacloban ⓘ
nearbyIsland	Leyte ⓘ Samar Island ⓘ surface form: Samar
notableEventDate	October 1944 ⓘ
ocean	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
opensInto	Philippine Sea ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Ocean ⓘ Philippine Sea ⓘ
siteOf	Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
strategicImportance	access to central Philippines ⓘ approach to Leyte Island ⓘ
usedFor	fishing ⓘ naval operations ⓘ shipping ⓘ

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

Battle of Leyte Gulf → location → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

Leyte → locatedIn → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Leyte Gulf

Leyte → hasBodyOfWater → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

Eastern Visayas → bordersBodyOfWater → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

Battle off Samar → near → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

Samar Island → borderedBy → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

Samar Province → hasCoastlineOn → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

Tacloban → bodyOfWater → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

Samar Sea → connectedTo → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

Dulag → locatedInBodyOfWater → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

Dulag → locatedOnCoastOf → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

Palo → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

Palo → hasCoastlineOn → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

Region VIII → hasBodyOfWater → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

Region VIII → bordersBodyOfWater → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

MacArthur Landing Memorial National Park → locatedIn → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

Southern Leyte → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

Sinirangan Kabisay-an → facesBodyOfWater → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

San Juanico Strait → connectsTo → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

Dinagat Islands → bordersBodyOfWater → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 1 → location → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

U.S. invasion of Leyte → primaryLandingArea → Leyte Gulf ⓘ

Northern Leyte → hasCoastlineOn → Leyte Gulf ⓘ