Aboukir Bay, Egypt

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bay coastal landform naval battle

Aboukir Bay, Egypt is a Mediterranean coastal bay near Alexandria, best known as the site of the 1798 naval Battle of the Nile between the British Royal Navy and the French fleet.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Abu Qir 4
Abu Qir Bay 4
Aboukir Bay, Egypt canonical 3

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
coastal landform ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of the Nile ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Aboukir Bay
belligerent Royal Navy ⓘ
surface form: British Royal Navy

French Navy ⓘ
commander François-Paul Brueys d’Aigalliers ⓘ
Horatio Nelson ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
date 1798-08-01 ⓘ
hasCoordinateRegion northern coast of Egypt ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent Battle of the Nile ⓘ
hasLanguage Arabic ⓘ
hasWaterBody Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
knownFor 1798 naval battle between British Royal Navy and French fleet ⓘ
Battle of the Nile ⓘ
locatedIn Aboukir Bay, Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Aboukir Bay

Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
locatedInGovernorate Alexandria Governorate ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern Egypt ⓘ
locatedNear Alexandria ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
nearbySettlement Aboukir Bay, Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Abu Qir

Alexandria ⓘ
partOf French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
coast of Egypt ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
maritime transport ⓘ
naval anchorage ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Battle of the Nile → location → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
Battle of Abukir (1799) → geographicalFeature → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abukir Peninsula
Alexandria Governorate → contains → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu Qir
Alexandria Governorate → contains → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Mariout
Alexandria Governorate → contains → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu Qir Bay
Canopus → hasCoordinateRegion → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu Qir Bay
Canopus → partlySubmergedIn → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu Qir Bay
Canopus → modernNearbySettlement → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu Qir
HMS Vanguard → locationOfNotableBattle → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aboukir Bay
L’Orient → locationOfSinking → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
French flagship L’Orient → locationOfSinking → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
Aboukir Bay, Egypt → locatedIn → Aboukir Bay, Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of the Nile
this entity surface form: Aboukir Bay
Aboukir Bay, Egypt → nearbySettlement → Aboukir Bay, Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Aboukir Bay
this entity surface form: Abu Qir
Abu Qir suburban line → terminus → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu Qir
Abu Qir suburban line → connects → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu Qir area
Canopic branch of the Nile → mouthLocatedNear → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu Qir Bay
Canopic branch of the Nile → associatedWith → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu Qir lagoon area
Corniche → adjacentTo → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
subject surface form: Corniche (Alexandria)
this entity surface form: Mediterranean beaches of Alexandria