Furness Peninsula

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geographical region peninsula

Furness Peninsula is a coastal region in Cumbria, northwest England, known for its historic industrial towns, scenic landscapes, and position between Morecambe Bay and the Irish Sea.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Furness	3
Cartmel Peninsula	1
Furness peninsula	1
Fylde coast	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ peninsula ⓘ
adjacentTo	Irish Sea ⓘ Lake District ⓘ Morecambe Bay ⓘ
administrativeCentre	Barrow-in-Furness ⓘ
borders	Irish Sea ⓘ Morecambe Bay ⓘ
contains	Askam-in-Furness ⓘ Bardsea ⓘ Barrow-in-Furness ⓘ Dalton-in-Furness ⓘ Newby Bridge ⓘ Roanhead ⓘ Ulverston ⓘ Walney Island ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Irish Sea ⓘ Morecambe Bay ⓘ
hasHistoricalCounty	Lancashire ⓘ
hasIsland	Walney Island ⓘ
hasModernCounty	Cumbria ⓘ
hasRailConnection	Furness Railway ⓘ surface form: Furness Line
hasSubregion	High Furness ⓘ Low Furness ⓘ
hasTransportLink	A590 road NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalActivity	iron ore extraction ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ steel production ⓘ
knownFor	coastal scenery ⓘ historic industrial towns ⓘ iron ore mining history ⓘ proximity to the Lake District National Park ⓘ scenic landscapes ⓘ shipbuilding industry ⓘ
largestTown	Barrow-in-Furness ⓘ
locatedBetween	Irish Sea ⓘ Morecambe Bay ⓘ
locatedIn	Cumbria ⓘ England ⓘ North West England ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	UTC+0 ⓘ UTC+1 during daylight saving time ⓘ
near	Furness Peninsula self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cartmel Peninsula Duddon Estuary ⓘ
partOf	Lancashire ⓘ surface form: historic county of Lancashire
regionType	coastal region ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Cumbria → contains → Furness Peninsula ⓘ

Frank Furness → familyName → Furness Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Furness

Morecambe Bay → hasMouthNear → Furness Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fylde coast

Walney Island → locatedOffCoastOf → Furness Peninsula ⓘ

Barrow-in-Furness → locatedOn → Furness Peninsula ⓘ

Furness Peninsula → near → Furness Peninsula self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cartmel Peninsula

River Leven → partOf → Furness Peninsula ⓘ

subject surface form: River Leven (Cumbria)

this entity surface form: Furness peninsula

Walney Island → region → Furness Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Furness

Furness Railway → servedRegion → Furness Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Furness