Point Salines peninsula
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Point Salines peninsula is the southwestern tip of Grenada, known for its strategic coastal location and as the site of the island’s main international airport.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Point Salines | 1 |
| Point Salines area | 1 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic feature
ⓘ
peninsula ⓘ |
| airportNameChangedTo | Maurice Bishop International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | Maurice Bishop International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Grenada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
beaches
ⓘ
low-lying terrain ⓘ rocky coastline ⓘ |
| formerlyContained | Point Salines International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineOn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Caribbean Sea ⓘ |
| hasNearbyBeach |
Magazine Beach
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pink Gin Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement | True Blue, Grenada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyWaterBody | True Blue Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTip | southwestern tip of Grenada ⓘ |
| knownFor |
site of Grenada’s main international airport
ⓘ
strategic coastal location ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Caribbean Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint George Parish, Grenada NERFINISHED ⓘ southwestern Grenada ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | St. George’s, Grenada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | island of Grenada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Lesser Antilles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | controls access to southwestern approaches to Grenada ⓘ |
| strategicUse |
civil aviation hub
ⓘ
military significance ⓘ |
| transportRole | primary international gateway to Grenada ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial air travel
ⓘ
tourism access to Grenada ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Point Salines area
subject surface form:
Maurice Bishop International Airport
this entity surface form:
Point Salines