Walcheren

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former island peninsula

Walcheren is a peninsula and former island in the Dutch province of Zeeland, known for its coastal towns, beaches, and strategic location at the mouth of the Western Scheldt.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
former island of Walcheren 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former island ⓘ
peninsula ⓘ
connectedToMainlandBy causeways ⓘ
dikes ⓘ
contains Koudekerke ⓘ
surface form: Aagtekerke

Biggekerke ⓘ
Buttinge en Zandvoort ⓘ
Domburg ⓘ
Gapinge ⓘ
Grijpskerke NERFINISHED ⓘ
Koudekerke ⓘ
Meliskerke ⓘ
Middelburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oostkapelle ⓘ
Serooskerke ⓘ
Veere ⓘ
Vlissingen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vrouwenpolder ⓘ
Westkapelle ⓘ
Zoutelande ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
currentStatus peninsula ⓘ
formerStatus island ⓘ
hasCoastOn North Sea ⓘ
Western Scheldt ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasFeature dunes ⓘ
polders ⓘ
sea dikes ⓘ
hasMunicipality Middelburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Veere ⓘ
Vlissingen NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEvent Walcheren 1944 ⓘ
surface form: Inundation of Walcheren 1944

Operation Infatuate ⓘ
knownFor beaches ⓘ
coastal towns ⓘ
strategic location ⓘ
language Dutch ⓘ
Zeelandic ⓘ
locatedAtMouthOf Western Scheldt ⓘ
locatedIn Southwestern Netherlands ⓘ
Zeeland NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Southwestern Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Delta region of the Netherlands

Zeelandic Islands ⓘ
wasBombedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
wasFloodedIn 1944 ⓘ
wasSiteOf Battle of Walcheren Causeway ⓘ
wasStrategicFor access to port of Antwerp ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Zuid-Beveland → connectedTo → Walcheren ⓘ
Zeeland → containsIsland → Walcheren ⓘ
Western Scheldt → flowsThrough → Walcheren ⓘ
South Beveland → locatedBetween → Walcheren ⓘ
Noord-Beveland → locatedNear → Walcheren ⓘ
Middelburg → locatedOn → Walcheren ⓘ
this entity surface form: former island of Walcheren
Walcheren Campaign → location → Walcheren ⓘ
Eastern Scheldt → near → Walcheren ⓘ
South Beveland → near → Walcheren ⓘ
Walcheren dialect → spokenIn → Walcheren ⓘ