Merritt Island

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barrier island census-designated place

Merritt Island is a large barrier island on Florida’s Atlantic coast best known as the site of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Merritt Island, Florida 5
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (within KSC boundaries) 1
Merritt Island Park 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf barrier island ⓘ
census-designated place ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Banana River ⓘ
Banana River ⓘ
surface form: Indian River
connectedBy Beachline Expressway ⓘ
Merritt Island Causeway ⓘ
State Road 3 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
governedAs unincorporated community ⓘ
hasAreaCode 321 ⓘ
hasClimate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
hasEcosystemType coastal marsh ⓘ
mangrove swamp ⓘ
pine flatwoods ⓘ
scrub habitat ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry aerospace ⓘ
space exploration ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
wildlife conservation ⓘ
hasNearbyAirport Orlando International Airport ⓘ
Orlando Melbourne International Airport ⓘ
hasNearbyFacility Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ⓘ
hasPart Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix 32952 ⓘ
32953 ⓘ
hasRecreationalActivity birdwatching ⓘ
boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
isPartOf Brevard County Public Schools service area ⓘ
knownFor Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
protected wildlife habitats ⓘ
space launches ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic coast of Florida ⓘ
Brevard County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Cape Canaveral ⓘ
Cocoa Beach ⓘ
Titusville, Florida ⓘ
surface form: Titusville
locatedOnWaterbody Indian River Lagoon ⓘ
partOf Canaveral National Seashore ⓘ
surface form: Brevard County barrier island system

Space Coast ⓘ
separatedBy Indian River Lagoon ⓘ
separatedFrom mainland Florida ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Cape Canaveral → adjacentTo → Merritt Island ⓘ
NASA Causeway → connectsTo → Merritt Island ⓘ
Brevard County → contains → Merritt Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Merritt Island, Florida
Welland → hasAttraction → Merritt Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Merritt Island Park
Canaveral National Seashore → hasPart → Merritt Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Merritt Island barrier island
Apollo 11 → launchLocation → Merritt Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Merritt Island, Florida, United States
Kennedy Space Center → locatedIn → Merritt Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Merritt Island, Florida
LC-39B → locatedIn → Merritt Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Merritt Island, Florida
Launch Complex 39C → locatedIn → Merritt Island ⓘ
Launch Control Center → locatedIn → Merritt Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Merritt Island, Florida
this entity surface form: Merritt Island, Florida
Launch Operations Center → locatedIn → Merritt Island ⓘ
Vehicle Assembly Building → locatedIn → Merritt Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (within KSC boundaries)