Solent

E64327
body of water strait

The Solent is a strait on the south coast of England that separates the Isle of Wight from the mainland and serves as an important shipping lane and recreational sailing area.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Solent canonical 92
The Solent 15
Solent area 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water ⓘ
strait ⓘ
approximateLength 20 miles ⓘ
32 kilometres ⓘ
approximateWidthRange 2–5 miles ⓘ
3–8 kilometres ⓘ
connects English Channel ⓘ
Needles Channel ⓘ
Southampton Water ⓘ
Portsmouth Harbour ⓘ
surface form: Spithead
country United Kingdom ⓘ
ecoregion Solent Maritime ⓘ
hasFeature estuaries ⓘ
mudflats ⓘ
saltmarshes ⓘ
sandbanks ⓘ
hasFerryRoute Lymington–Yarmouth ferry ⓘ
Portsmouth–Fishbourne ferry ⓘ
Portsmouth–Ryde ferry ⓘ
Southampton–East Cowes ferry ⓘ
hasMajorPort Portsmouth ⓘ
Southampton ⓘ
hasRailCrossing none ⓘ
hasRoadCrossing none ⓘ
hasTownOnShore Cowes ⓘ
Gosport ⓘ
Lymington ⓘ
Ryde ⓘ
historicallyUsedBy Royal Navy ⓘ
hostsEvent Cowes Week ⓘ
isShippingLane true ⓘ
knownFor sheltered waters ⓘ
strong tidal currents ⓘ
yachting events ⓘ
locatedIn Hampshire ⓘ
Isle of Wight ⓘ
surface form: Isle of Wight (ceremonial county)

south coast of England ⓘ
near New Forest National Park ⓘ
surface form: New Forest

Portsea Island ⓘ
Portsmouth Harbour ⓘ
surface form: Spithead
partOf English Channel ⓘ
protectedAreaNearby Isle of Wight Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ⓘ
New Forest National Park ⓘ
separates Isle of Wight ⓘ
mainland of England ⓘ
usedFor commercial shipping ⓘ
ferry transport ⓘ
recreational sailing ⓘ

Referenced by (116)

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

Isle of Wight → separatedBy → Solent ⓘ
Isle of Wight → hasCoastlineOn → Solent ⓘ
HMNB Portsmouth → near → Solent ⓘ
RNAS Calshot → locatedNear → Solent ⓘ
Hampshire → hasCoastOn → Solent ⓘ
Osborne House estate → overlooks → Solent ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Solent
East Cowes → partOfWaterBody → Solent ⓘ
Totland → overlooks → Solent ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Solent
Cowes Week → locatedInBodyOfWater → Solent ⓘ
Cowes Week → hasVenue → Solent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Solent sailing area
The Needles → hasViewOf → Solent ⓘ
Cowes → locatedOn → Solent ⓘ
Ryde → faces → Solent ⓘ
Alum Bay → adjacentTo → Solent ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Solent
Portsmouth Harbour → connectedTo → Solent ⓘ
United Kingdom coastline → bordersBodyOfWater → Solent ⓘ
Southampton Water → connectsTo → Solent ⓘ
Southampton Water → partOf → Solent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Solent waterway system
Southampton Water → flowsInto → Solent ⓘ
Southampton Water → partOf → Solent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Solent and Southampton Water ecosystem
Calshot Spit → locatedInBodyOfWater → Solent ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Solent
Calshot Spit → extendsInto → Solent ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Solent
Fawley → hasNearbyFeature → Solent ⓘ
Ryde, Isle of Wight → locatedOn → Solent ⓘ
Spinnaker Tower → overlooks → Solent ⓘ
Spinnaker Tower → isVisibleFrom → Solent ⓘ
Calshot → hasCoastlineOn → Solent ⓘ
Calshot → nearbyWaterBody → Solent ⓘ
Gunwharf Quays → hasViewOf → Solent ⓘ
Southampton Docks → locatedOn → Solent ⓘ
Belvedere Tower → hasViewOf → Solent ⓘ
Portsea Island → locatedInBodyOfWater → Solent ⓘ
River Medina → mouthLocatedIn → Solent ⓘ
River Medina → flowsInto → Solent ⓘ
Gosport → borderedBy → Solent ⓘ
Gosport → hasWaterBody → Solent ⓘ
Hampshire Downs → drainageBasin → Solent ⓘ
EAST COWES → hasWaterBody → Solent ⓘ
subject surface form: East Cowes
County of Hampshire, England → hasCoastOn → Solent ⓘ
Portsmouth Naval Memorial → nearbyWaterBody → Solent ⓘ
Schneider Trophy competition → lastContestLocation → Solent ⓘ
Osborne House, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom → hasViewOf → Solent ⓘ
subject surface form: Osborne House
Coronation Review of the Fleet at Spithead → location → Solent ⓘ
1929 Schneider Trophy → location → Solent ⓘ
1929 Schneider Trophy → bodyOfWater → Solent ⓘ
New Forest coast → borders → Solent ⓘ
New Forest coast → hasViewOf → Solent ⓘ
The Mary Rose (shipwreck) → raisedFrom → Solent ⓘ
subject surface form: Mary Rose
Totland Pier → hasView → Solent ⓘ
Cowes Parade → hasViewOf → Solent ⓘ