Port Royal Sound

E397010
coastal inlet estuary sound

Port Royal Sound is a large coastal inlet on the Atlantic Ocean in South Carolina, known for its rich maritime history, tidal marshes, and role as a significant estuarine ecosystem.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Port Royal Sound canonical 10
Port Royal Sound area 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal inlet ⓘ
estuary ⓘ
sound ⓘ
adjacentTo Hilton Head Island, South Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Hilton Head Island

Port Royal Island ⓘ
St. Helena Island ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formedBy Beaufort River ⓘ
Broad River (South Carolina) ⓘ
Chechessee River ⓘ
Colleton River (South Carolina) ⓘ
hasEcosystemType estuarine ecosystem ⓘ
salt marsh ecosystem ⓘ
hasFeature barrier islands ⓘ
estuaries ⓘ
salt marshes ⓘ
tidal marshes ⓘ
hasMouthNear Hilton Head Island, South Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Hilton Head Island

Port Royal Island ⓘ
St. Helena Island ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Port Royal Sound Foundation protected waters (general) ⓘ
hasTributary Beaufort River ⓘ
Broad River (South Carolina) ⓘ
Chechessee River ⓘ
Colleton River (South Carolina) ⓘ
historicalSignificance Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
surface form: American Civil War naval operations

English colonial settlement ⓘ
French colonial attempts ⓘ
early Spanish exploration ⓘ
knownFor biodiversity ⓘ
bird habitat ⓘ
fisheries ⓘ
rich maritime history ⓘ
shellfish habitat ⓘ
locatedIn Beaufort County, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
nearbyCity Beaufort, South Carolina ⓘ
nearbyTown Port Royal, South Carolina ⓘ
partOf Sea Islands region ⓘ
Lowcountry of South Carolina ⓘ
surface form: South Carolina Lowcountry
supportsActivity birdwatching ⓘ
boating ⓘ
commercial fishing ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ
wasSiteOf Battle of Port Royal ⓘ
Union naval assault in 1861 ⓘ
waterType brackish water ⓘ
tidal waters ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Beaufort County, South Carolina → bordersBodyOfWater → Port Royal Sound ⓘ
Port Royal, South Carolina → locatedNear → Port Royal Sound ⓘ
Port Royal, South Carolina → hasHistoricConnection → Port Royal Sound ⓘ
Lowcountry of South Carolina → contains → Port Royal Sound ⓘ
St. Helena Island, South Carolina → locatedNear → Port Royal Sound ⓘ
Hilton Head Island–Bluffton metropolitan area → hasNearbyBodyOfWater → Port Royal Sound ⓘ
Port Royal Island → partOf → Port Royal Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port Royal Sound area
Port Royal Island → borderedBy → Port Royal Sound ⓘ
Port Royal Experiment → location → Port Royal Sound ⓘ
Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge → adjacentTo → Port Royal Sound ⓘ
Battery Creek → mouthLocation → Port Royal Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port Royal Sound area
Battery Creek → hasNearbyFeature → Port Royal Sound ⓘ