San Salvador Island
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San Salvador Island is a Bahamian island widely believed to be the first landfall of Christopher Columbus in the Americas, historically identified with the island he called Guanahani.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | island ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | district of the Bahamas ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Guanahani
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Watling Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Commonwealth of The Bahamas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | tropical ⓘ |
| country | Bahamas ⓘ |
| countryCapital | Nassau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currency | Bahamian dollar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDateClaim | 12 October 1492 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroups |
Afro-Bahamian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
European Bahamian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerName | Watling Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedAs | district of the Bahamas ⓘ |
| governingBody | Government of the Bahamas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAirport |
San Salvador Airport
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Salvador International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAttraction |
Columbus Monument
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dixon Hill Lighthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ diving sites ⓘ |
| hasCity | Cockburn Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoastline | Atlantic Ocean coast ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
beaches
ⓘ
lagoons ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalDebate | exact location of Columbus’s first landfall ⓘ |
| heritage | Columbian historical site ⓘ |
| historicalClaim | First landfall of Christopher Columbus in the Americas ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | Christopher Columbus first landing in the New World ⓘ |
| identifiedBy | Christopher Columbus as Guanahani ⓘ |
| ISO3166-2 | BS-SS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| largestSettlement | Cockburn Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | New Providence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Lucayan Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedSoutheastOf | Eleuthera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marineActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
scuba diving ⓘ snorkeling ⓘ |
| marineEnvironment | coral reefs ⓘ |
| namedAfter | San Salvador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySea | Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | District of San Salvador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationCharacteristic | sparsely populated ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity | tourism ⓘ |
| region | Out Islands of the Bahamas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| renamedIn | 1925 ⓘ |
| timezone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| transport | served by regional flights ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.