Bight of Benin

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bay bight geographical feature

The Bight of Benin is a broad bay on the West African coast along the Gulf of Guinea, bordered by countries such as Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria and historically known for its role in the transatlantic slave trade.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Bight of Bonny 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
bight ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ
adjacentTo Bight of Biafra ⓘ
surface form: Bight of Bonny

Gold Coast ⓘ
associatedWith Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic triangular trade

European colonial powers ⓘ
borderedByCountry Benin ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
climate humid ⓘ
tropical ⓘ
coastType lagoon-dotted coast ⓘ
low-lying sandy coast ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
offshore oil transport ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
hasCoastalCity Cotonou ⓘ
Lagos ⓘ
Lomé ⓘ
Porto-Novo ⓘ
Tema ⓘ
hasCoastalPort Cotonou ⓘ
surface form: Cotonou Port

Apapa Port ⓘ
surface form: Lagos Port

Lomé ⓘ
surface form: Lomé Port
hasHazard coastal erosion ⓘ
marine pollution ⓘ
oil spills ⓘ
hasLanguageRegion English-speaking West Africa ⓘ
Francophone Africa ⓘ
surface form: French-speaking West Africa
historicalEra 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period
historicalNameUsage used in European maritime charts ⓘ
historicalRole major embarkation area for enslaved Africans ⓘ
knownFor historical slave ports ⓘ
role in the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
locatedIn Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
locatedInHemisphere Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ
Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
locatedInRegion Tropical Africa ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf West Africa ⓘ
oceanCurrent Guinea Current ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin

Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
surface form: Guinean Gulf

West African maritime region ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Bight of Biafra → connectedTo → Bight of Benin ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea → hasPart → Bight of Benin ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea → hasPart → Bight of Benin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bight of Bonny
Bight of Biafra → locatedEastOf → Bight of Benin ⓘ
Royal African Company → tradingRegion → Bight of Benin ⓘ