Charleston Harbor

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body of water natural harbor

Charleston Harbor is a historic natural harbor in South Carolina, best known as the site where the American Civil War began with the bombardment of Fort Sumter.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Charleston Harbor canonical 40
Port of Charleston 9
Charleston Harbor Estuary 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water ⓘ
natural harbor ⓘ
adjacentTo Charleston Peninsula ⓘ
James Island ⓘ
surface form: James Island, South Carolina

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina ⓘ
Sullivan's Island ⓘ
surface form: Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
connectsTo Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eventLocation Bombardment of Fort Sumter ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Fort Sumter

naval operations during the American Civil War ⓘ
formedByConfluenceOf Ashley River ⓘ
Cooper River ⓘ
Wando River ⓘ
governedBy South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control ⓘ
surface form: State of South Carolina (waters and resources)

United States Coast Guard ⓘ
surface form: United States Coast Guard (navigation and safety)
hasActivity dredging for navigation channels ⓘ
hasEconomicRole major seaport for container shipping on the U.S. East Coast ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalFeature estuarine ecosystem ⓘ
tidal marshes ⓘ
hasFortification Castle Pinckney ⓘ
Fort Moultrie ⓘ
Fort Sumter ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance major Confederate port during the American Civil War ⓘ
site of repeated Union naval attacks in the 1860s ⓘ
hasIsland Castle Pinckney ⓘ
Fort Sumter ⓘ
hasLandmark Fort Sumter ⓘ
surface form: Fort Sumter National Monument

Ravenel Bridge ⓘ
hasMouthNear Morris Island ⓘ
Sullivan's Island ⓘ
hasPort Charleston Harbor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Port of Charleston
knownFor bombardment of Fort Sumter in April 1861 ⓘ
opening engagement of the American Civil War ⓘ
locatedIn Charleston County, South Carolina ⓘ
Charleston ⓘ
surface form: City of Charleston

South Carolina ⓘ
near Morris Island Lighthouse ⓘ
Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Charleston Harbor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Charleston Harbor Estuary
usedFor commercial shipping ⓘ
military operations ⓘ
recreation and tourism ⓘ
waterwayType estuarine harbor ⓘ

Referenced by (56)

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

Fort Sumter → locatedIn → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Charleston → hasPort → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port of Charleston
North Charleston, South Carolina, United States → hasPortAccessVia → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
subject surface form: North Charleston, South Carolina
this entity surface form: Port of Charleston
Bombardment of Fort Sumter → location → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Bombardment of Fort Sumter → harbor → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Major Robert Anderson → placeOfActivity → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
subject surface form: Robert Anderson
Charleston County, South Carolina → contains → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Charleston Harbor → hasPort → Charleston Harbor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port of Charleston
Charleston Harbor → partOf → Charleston Harbor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charleston Harbor Estuary
The Battery → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
subject surface form: The Battery (Charleston)
The Battery → faces → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
subject surface form: The Battery (Charleston)
The Battery → hasViewOf → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
subject surface form: The Battery (Charleston)
Rainbow Row → hasViewOf → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Cooper River → partOf → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charleston Harbor estuarine system
Cooper River → mouth → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Cooper River → tributaryOf → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Cooper River → hasPort → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port of Charleston
Cooper River → drainageBasin → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charleston Harbor watershed
Waterfront Park → overlooks → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Waterfront Park → hasViewOf → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Charleston, Province of South Carolina, British America → formedHarborWith → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
North Charleston Terminal → partOf → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port of Charleston
North Charleston Terminal → servesPort → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port of Charleston
North Charleston Terminal → portArea → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
North Charleston Terminal → isComponentOf → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charleston Harbor port complex
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina → locatedOn → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Ashley River → mouth → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Ashley River → riverSystem → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charleston Harbor estuary
Fort Moultrie → protects → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
History of Charleston, South Carolina → linkedToSite → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Sullivan's Island → locatedIn → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Charleston Navy Yard → locatedNear → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
James Island → borderedBy → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Morris Island → locatedIn → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Morris Island → locatedAtMouthOf → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Wando River → emptiesInto → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Wando River → mouthLocation → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Wando River → partOf → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charleston Harbor estuary system
Castle Pinckney → location → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Morris Island Lighthouse → locatedNear → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum → locatedIn → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Southeastern United States coastline → hasMajorPort → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port of Charleston
Charleston Peninsula → hasWaterBorder → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
White Point Garden → overlooks → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
White Point Garden → hasViewOf → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charleston Harbor shipping channel
French Quarter (Charleston) → locatedNear → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon → overlooks → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Edmondston-Alston House → overlooks → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Four Corners of Law → near → Charleston Harbor ⓘ
Grice Marine Laboratory → locatedNear → Charleston Harbor ⓘ