Furness Peninsula

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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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Furness Peninsula canonical 10
Furness 4
Furness peninsula 3

How this entity was disambiguated

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
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

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

Morecambe Bay hasMouthNear Furness Peninsula
Morecambe Bay hasMouthNear Furness Peninsula
this entity surface form: Fylde coast
Cumbria contains Furness Peninsula
Frank Furness familyName Furness Peninsula
this entity surface form: Furness
Walney Island locatedOffCoastOf Furness Peninsula
Walney Island region Furness Peninsula
this entity surface form: Furness
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
Furness Railway servedRegion Furness Peninsula
this entity surface form: Furness
Dalton-in-Furness railway station region Furness Peninsula
this entity surface form: Furness
Port of Barrow locatedOn Furness Peninsula
Askam-in-Furness locatedOn Furness Peninsula
this entity surface form: Furness peninsula
Low Furness partOf Furness Peninsula
High Furness locatedIn Furness Peninsula
Roanhead partOf Furness Peninsula
Bardsea locatedOn Furness Peninsula
Lancashire North of the Sands includedArea Furness Peninsula
this entity surface form: Furness peninsula
Barrow docks regionServed Furness Peninsula