Gibbet Island

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historic immigration station historical place name island museum

Gibbet Island was the former name of what is now known as Ellis Island, a historic immigration station in New York Harbor.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ellis Island	0
Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration	0
New York Harbor	0

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic immigration station ⓘ historical place name ⓘ island ⓘ museum ⓘ
administeredBy	National Park Service ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ellis Island ⓘ surface form: Ellis Island (historical name) Gateway to America ⓘ
borderBetween	New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey New York ⓘ
closingDate	November 12, 1954 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endDate	1954 ⓘ
formerNameOf	Ellis Island ⓘ
function	immigration inspection station ⓘ
hasPart	Ellis Island ⓘ surface form: Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
heritageDesignation	U.S. National Monument ⓘ
locatedIn	New York City ⓘ New York Harbor estuarine system ⓘ surface form: New York Harbor Upper New York Bay ⓘ Upper New York Bay ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater	New York Harbor estuarine system ⓘ surface form: New York Harbor New York Harbor estuarine system ⓘ surface form: New York Harbor
namedAfter	Samuel Ellis ⓘ
openingDate	January 1, 1892 ⓘ
partOf	Port of New York and New Jersey ⓘ Statue of Liberty National Monument ⓘ
replacedBy	Ellis Island ⓘ
significantEvent	processing of immigrants to the United States ⓘ
startDate	1892 ⓘ

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

Ellis Island → previousName → Gibbet Island ⓘ