Plymouth Sound

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bay natural harbour

Plymouth Sound is a large natural harbor and bay on the south coast of Devon, England, known for its maritime history and strategic naval importance.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Devon coast (across Bristol Channel)	1
Plymouth Harbour	1
Plymouth Sound National Marine Park	1
Plymouth Sound and Estuaries system	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bay ⓘ natural harbour ⓘ
adjacentTo	Plymouth ⓘ surface form: City of Plymouth Cornwall ⓘ
borderedBy	Mount Batten ⓘ Mount Edgcumbe Country Park ⓘ Plymouth Hoe ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
designation	Plymouth Sound self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Plymouth Sound National Marine Park
ecosystemType	coastal marine ecosystem ⓘ
hasBiodiversity	intertidal habitats ⓘ rocky reef habitats ⓘ seagrass beds ⓘ
hasInflow	River Lynher ⓘ River Plym ⓘ River Tamar ⓘ
hasPart	Cattewater ⓘ Cawsand Bay ⓘ Devil’s Point ⓘ Drake’s Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Hamoaze ⓘ Jennycliff Bay ⓘ Mount Batten Peninsula ⓘ Mount Edgcumbe ⓘ The Hoe ⓘ The Narrows ⓘ
hasStructure	Plymouth Breakwater ⓘ breakwater forts ⓘ lighthouses ⓘ
historicalEvent	Royal Navy operations during World War I ⓘ Royal Navy operations during World War II ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ surface form: Royal Navy operations during the Napoleonic Wars departure point of the Mayflower in 1620 ⓘ
knownFor	maritime history ⓘ strategic naval importance ⓘ
locatedIn	Devon ⓘ England ⓘ
locatedOn	south coast of Devon ⓘ
near	HMNB Devonport ⓘ Plymouth Breakwater ⓘ Royal William Yard ⓘ
partOf	English Channel ⓘ
protectedStatus	Marine Conservation Zone ⓘ Fathom Five National Marine Park ⓘ surface form: National Marine Park
tourism	coastal recreation ⓘ diving ⓘ sailing ⓘ
usedFor	commercial shipping ⓘ naval anchorage ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ

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

Plymouth → adjacentTo → Plymouth Sound ⓘ

Plymouth Sound → designation → Plymouth Sound self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plymouth Sound National Marine Park

River Tamar → flowsInto → Plymouth Sound ⓘ

Plymouth, England → hasLandmark → Plymouth Sound ⓘ

Plymouth → hasPort → Plymouth Sound ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plymouth Harbour

Ogmore-by-Sea → hasViewOf → Plymouth Sound ⓘ

this entity surface form: Devon coast (across Bristol Channel)

Plymouth Hoe → hasViewOf → Plymouth Sound ⓘ

Smeaton's Tower → hasViewOf → Plymouth Sound ⓘ

Barbican → hasWaterBody → Plymouth Sound ⓘ

HMNB Devonport → locatedNear → Plymouth Sound ⓘ

River Plym → mouth → Plymouth Sound ⓘ

River Tamar → mouthLocation → Plymouth Sound ⓘ

Plymouth Hoe → overlooks → Plymouth Sound ⓘ

Royal Citadel → overlooks → Plymouth Sound ⓘ

Smeaton's Tower → overlooks → Plymouth Sound ⓘ

River Plym → partOf → Plymouth Sound ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plymouth Sound and Estuaries system

River Plym → tributaryOf → Plymouth Sound ⓘ