Great South Bay

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bay estuary lagoon

Great South Bay is a shallow lagoon on the southern shore of Long Island, New York, separated from the Atlantic Ocean by barrier islands and known for its maritime recreation and coastal ecosystems.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Great South Bay canonical	30

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bay ⓘ estuary ⓘ lagoon ⓘ
adjacentTo	Fire Island National Seashore ⓘ Town of Babylon ⓘ Town of Brookhaven, New York ⓘ surface form: Town of Brookhaven Town of Islip, New York ⓘ surface form: Town of Islip
area	about 260 square kilometers ⓘ
averageDepth	about 1.5 meters ⓘ
borderedBy	Captree Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Fire Island ⓘ Jones Beach Island ⓘ Long Island ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
drainedBy	Carmans River NERFINISHED ⓘ Connetquot River ⓘ Patchogue River ⓘ Swan River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuthills Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
ecosystemType	coastal lagoon ecosystem ⓘ
hasConservationEffort	habitat restoration programs ⓘ water quality restoration projects ⓘ
hasMouth	Fire Island Inlet ⓘ Jones Inlet ⓘ
hasPart	Bellport Bay ⓘ Heckscher Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Moriches Bay ⓘ surface form: Moriches Bay (eastern connection) Nicoll Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Patchogue Bay ⓘ
historicallyKnownFor	clam harvesting ⓘ oyster industry ⓘ
knownFor	bird habitat ⓘ boating ⓘ fishing ⓘ maritime recreation ⓘ salt marshes ⓘ seagrass beds ⓘ shellfishing ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic coastal plain ⓘ Long Island ⓘ Nassau County, New York ⓘ New York ⓘ Suffolk County, New York ⓘ
maximumDepth	about 4 meters ⓘ
maximumLength	about 45 km ⓘ
maximumWidth	about 10 km ⓘ
partOf	South Shore of Long Island ⓘ
separatedBy	barrier islands ⓘ
separatedFrom	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
threatenedBy	coastal development ⓘ eutrophication ⓘ nutrient pollution ⓘ sea level rise ⓘ
waterType	brackish water ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

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

New York State territorial waters → hasPart → Great South Bay ⓘ

Islip → hasCoastlineOn → Great South Bay ⓘ

Jones Beach Island (eastern portion) → separatedBy → Great South Bay ⓘ

Jones Beach Island (eastern portion) → hasCoastlineOn → Great South Bay ⓘ

Jones Beach Island (eastern portion) → hasWaterBodyOnNorth → Great South Bay ⓘ

Brookhaven → borders → Great South Bay ⓘ

Brookhaven → hasCoastlineOn → Great South Bay ⓘ

Amityville → borderedBy → Great South Bay ⓘ

Town of Islip, New York → hasCoastlineOn → Great South Bay ⓘ

Town of Islip, New York → adjacentToWaterBody → Great South Bay ⓘ

Fire Island → locatedInBodyOfWater → Great South Bay ⓘ

Fire Island → separates → Great South Bay ⓘ

Babylon → hasWaterfront → Great South Bay ⓘ

subject surface form: Babylon, New York

Patchogue → locatedOn → Great South Bay ⓘ

Patchogue → waterbody → Great South Bay ⓘ

Babylon, New York → adjacentTo → Great South Bay ⓘ

Babylon, New York → hasCoastlineOn → Great South Bay ⓘ

Lindenhurst → locatedNear → Great South Bay ⓘ

South Shore of Long Island → hasPart → Great South Bay ⓘ

Robert Moses State Park (Long Island) → adjacentTo → Great South Bay ⓘ

Bay Shore, New York, United States → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Great South Bay ⓘ

subject surface form: Bay Shore, New York

Copiague → locatedNear → Great South Bay ⓘ

Copiague → hasShorelineOn → Great South Bay ⓘ

Copiague → adjacentTo → Great South Bay ⓘ

Sayville → waterfront → Great South Bay ⓘ

Sayville → locatedOnWaterBody → Great South Bay ⓘ

Bay Shore → hasWaterBody → Great South Bay ⓘ

Heckscher State Park → hasWaterfront → Great South Bay ⓘ

Heckscher State Park → hasViewOf → Great South Bay ⓘ

Amityville, New York, United States → hasBodyOfWater → Great South Bay ⓘ