Inchmickery
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Inchmickery is a small, uninhabited island in Scotland notable for its World War-era military fortifications that make it resemble a battleship from a distance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Inchmickery canonical | 10 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
island
ⓘ
tidal island ⓘ uninhabited island ⓘ |
| country |
Scotland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
heavily fortified
ⓘ
rocky ⓘ small ⓘ uninhabited ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType | seabird habitat ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
concrete bunkers
ⓘ
gun emplacements ⓘ jetty ⓘ magazines ⓘ observation posts ⓘ |
| hasVegetation |
coastal grassland
ⓘ
maritime plants ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
common eider
ⓘ
cormorants ⓘ gulls ⓘ seabirds ⓘ terns ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Firth of Forth
ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Edinburgh
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Edinburgh
|
| locatedNear |
Cramond Island
ⓘ
Edinburgh ⓘ Forth Bridge ⓘ Inchcolm ⓘ |
| nameEtymology |
Cramond Island
ⓘ
surface form:
Innis nam Biocaire (island of the vicar or island of the beehives)
derived from Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
World War I military fortifications
ⓘ
World War II military fortifications ⓘ resembling a battleship from a distance ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cramond Island
ⓘ
surface form:
Islands of the Forth
|
| protectedStatus |
bird sanctuary
ⓘ
wildlife reserve ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
World War I
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| usedFor |
artillery battery site
ⓘ
coastal defence ⓘ defence of the Firth of Forth ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.