Bight of Biafra

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bay bight geographical region

The Bight of Biafra is a large bay on the easternmost part of the Gulf of Guinea along the West African coast, bordering countries such as Nigeria and Cameroon and historically significant in Atlantic trade routes.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bight of Biafra canonical 7
Bight of Bonny 5
Bight of Biafra islands 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
bight ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
bordersCountry Cameroon ⓘ
Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
connectedTo Bight of Benin ⓘ
easternmostPartOf Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
hasCoastalFeature estuaries ⓘ
mangrove swamps ⓘ
river deltas ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
maritime transport ⓘ
offshore oil production ⓘ
hasLanguageRegion Efik-speaking areas ⓘ
Ibibio-speaking areas ⓘ
Igbo-speaking areas ⓘ
hasMarineBiodiversity high ⓘ
hasPortCity Calabar ⓘ
Douala ⓘ
Malabo ⓘ
Port Harcourt ⓘ
historicalName Bight of Biafra self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bight of Bonny
historicalPeriodOfIntenseTrade 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
historicalRole major embarkation zone in the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
isNavigationAreaFor international shipping ⓘ
regional coastal trade ⓘ
knownFor Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Atlantic trade routes ⓘ
locatedEastOf Bight of Benin ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Africa ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Cameroon ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
namedAfter Biafran secession ⓘ
surface form: Biafra
partOf Bights of Benin and Biafra ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
Niger Delta ⓘ
surface form: Niger Delta maritime region
receivesRiver Cross River ⓘ
Imo River ⓘ
Niger River ⓘ
Qua Iboe River ⓘ
Wouri River ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Gulf of Guinea → hasPart → Bight of Biafra ⓘ
Cameroon → borderSea → Bight of Biafra ⓘ
Bioko Island → archipelago → Bight of Biafra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bight of Biafra islands
Bight of Benin → adjacentTo → Bight of Biafra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bight of Bonny
Bight of Biafra → historicalName → Bight of Biafra self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bight of Bonny
Bonny River → emptiesInto → Bight of Biafra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bight of Bonny
Corisco → borderingBodyOfWater → Bight of Biafra ⓘ
Fernando Póo → archipelago → Bight of Biafra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bight of Biafra islands
Port of Malabo → nearbyWaterBody → Bight of Biafra ⓘ
Brass → hasCoastlineOn → Bight of Biafra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bight of Bonny
Bonny → isOnWaterbody → Bight of Biafra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bight of Bonny
Bights of Benin and Biafra → composedOf → Bight of Biafra ⓘ
Slave Coast → borderedBy → Bight of Biafra ⓘ
Corisco and Elobey Islands → sea → Bight of Biafra ⓘ
Santa Isabel de Fernando Poo → locatedInArchipelago → Bight of Biafra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bight of Biafra islands