Havana Bay

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bay natural harbor

Havana Bay is the natural harbor of Havana, Cuba, historically vital as a strategic Caribbean port and still dominated by the fortress of Castillo del Morro at its entrance.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Havana Harbor 4
Havana harbor 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
natural harbor ⓘ
adjacentTo Casa Blanca neighborhood ⓘ
Guanabacoa ⓘ
Old Havana ⓘ
Regla ⓘ
cityServed Havana, Cuba ⓘ
surface form: Havana
country Cuba ⓘ
entranceFeature narrow channel ⓘ
guardedBy Castillo del Morro ⓘ
hasConservationEffort environmental remediation projects ⓘ
hasFunction industrial port area ⓘ
main port of Cuba ⓘ
hasIssue industrial contamination ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ
hasLandmarkAtEntrance Castillo del Morro ⓘ
hasNearbyDistrict Habana Vieja ⓘ
surface form: Habana Vieja (Old Havana)
hasNearbyFortification Castillo del Morro ⓘ
surface form: Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta

Castillo de la Real Fuerza ⓘ
La Cabaña Fortress ⓘ
hasNearbyInfrastructure Havana Tunnel ⓘ
hasPart Havana Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Havana Harbor

Port of Havana ⓘ
hasPortFacility bulk cargo docks ⓘ
container terminals ⓘ
oil terminals ⓘ
historicalRole Spanish colonial naval base ⓘ
strategic Caribbean port ⓘ
languageOfToponym Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Havana, Cuba ⓘ
surface form: Havana
locatedInTimeZone Cuba Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOnWaterbody Straits of Florida ⓘ
mouthOf Almendares River ⓘ
Luyanó River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mayabeque River ⓘ
surface form: Martí River
overlookedBy Castillo del Morro ⓘ
La Cabaña Fortress ⓘ
partOf Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Gulf of Mexico basin
shape semi-enclosed bay ⓘ
strategicImportance control of access to Havana ⓘ
key stopover on Spanish treasure fleets ⓘ
usedFor commercial shipping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
naval operations ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
wasSiteOf Siege of Havana (1762) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Havana (1762)

naval blockades ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Morro Hill → adjacentTo → Havana Bay ⓘ
Malecón, Havana → extendsFrom → Havana Bay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Havana Harbor
Centro Habana → hasBorderWith → Havana Bay ⓘ
Havana Bay → hasPart → Havana Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Havana Harbor
Habana Vieja → hasView → Havana Bay ⓘ
Hotel Nacional de Cuba → hasView → Havana Bay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Havana Harbor
Malecón, Havana → hasViewOf → Havana Bay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Havana Harbor
Morro Hill → hasViewOf → Havana Bay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Havana harbor
Castillo del Morro → locatedIn → Havana Bay ⓘ
Morro Hill → overlooks → Havana Bay ⓘ