Quiberon Bay

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bay coastal water body

Quiberon Bay is a large bay off the southern coast of Brittany in western France, known historically as the site of major naval engagements.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Quiberon Peninsula 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
coastal water body ⓘ
adjacentTo Belle-Île ⓘ
Houat ⓘ
Hœdic ⓘ
Quiberon Peninsula ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean to the south ⓘ
Morbihan mainland to the north and east ⓘ
Quiberon Peninsula to the west ⓘ
climate oceanic climate ⓘ
country France ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing industry ⓘ
shellfish farming ⓘ
tourism industry ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent Battle of Quiberon Bay ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Quiberon Bay (1759)

French émigré landing at Quiberon (1795) ⓘ
hasNavigationHazard reefs ⓘ
shoals ⓘ
strong tides ⓘ
hasPart Belle-Île ⓘ
Houat ⓘ
Hœdic ⓘ
Quiberon Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Quiberon Peninsula
knownFor Battle of Quiberon Bay ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
naval history ⓘ
oyster farming ⓘ
sailing ⓘ
sandy beaches ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Brittany ⓘ
Morbihan ⓘ
Western France ⓘ
surface form: western France
locatedInRegion north-eastern Bay of Biscay ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf southern coast of Brittany ⓘ
near Hennebont ⓘ
surface form: Auray

Carnac ⓘ
La Trinité-sur-Mer ⓘ
Quiberon Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Quiberon
partOf Bay of Biscay ⓘ
French Atlantic coast ⓘ
usedFor aquaculture ⓘ
commercial fishing ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
yachting ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Quiberon Bay → hasPart → Quiberon Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quiberon Peninsula
Battle of Quiberon Bay → location → Quiberon Bay ⓘ