Walney Island

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barrier island island

Walney Island is a long, narrow island off the coast of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, England, known for its nature reserves, coastal landscapes, and role as a protective barrier for the Furness Peninsula.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
North Walney 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf barrier island ⓘ
island ⓘ
administrativeArea Barrow-in-Furness ⓘ
surface form: Borough of Barrow-in-Furness
connectedBy Jubilee Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectedTo Barrow Island ⓘ
Barrow-in-Furness ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
hasCoastlineFeature estuaries ⓘ
tidal flats ⓘ
hasLighthouse South Walney Lighthouse ⓘ
hasNatureReserve North Walney National Nature Reserve ⓘ
North Walney National Nature Reserve ⓘ
surface form: South Walney Nature Reserve
hasSettlement Biggar ⓘ
North Scale ⓘ
Walney Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: North Walney

South Walney Lighthouse ⓘ
surface form: South Walney

Vickerstown ⓘ
hasWindFarm Walney Wind Farm ⓘ
knownFor birdlife ⓘ
coastal landscapes ⓘ
nature reserves ⓘ
salt marshes ⓘ
sand dunes ⓘ
shingle beaches ⓘ
length about 11 miles ⓘ
about 17.7 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Barrow-in-Furness ⓘ
Cumbria ⓘ
England ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Irish Sea ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Barrow-in-Furness ⓘ
Furness Peninsula ⓘ
managedBy Natural England ⓘ
maximumWidth about 1 mile ⓘ
nearbyPort Port of Barrow ⓘ
offshoreWindFarmLocation Irish Sea ⓘ
partOf North West England ⓘ
population several thousand inhabitants ⓘ
region Furness Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Furness
role protective barrier for the Furness Peninsula ⓘ
shape long and narrow ⓘ
transportAccess road bridge ⓘ
usedFor coastal walking ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
wildlife observation ⓘ
wildlifeHabitatFor grey seals ⓘ
rare plants ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
waders ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Barrow-in-Furness → adjacentIslandGroup → Walney Island ⓘ
Barrow-in-Furness → connectedTo → Walney Island ⓘ
Furness Peninsula → contains → Walney Island ⓘ
Furness Peninsula → hasIsland → Walney Island ⓘ
Morecambe Bay → hasMouthNear → Walney Island ⓘ
Walney Wind Farm → hasNameOrigin → Walney Island ⓘ
Walney Island → hasSettlement → Walney Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Walney
Walney Wind Farm → locatedNear → Walney Island ⓘ