Sea Islands region

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archipelago coastal region cultural region

The Sea Islands region is a chain of coastal and barrier islands along the southeastern United States, known for its salt marshes, Gullah Geechee culture, and historic communities in South Carolina and Georgia.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Sea Islands region canonical 7
Georgia Sea Islands 3
Georgia barrier islands 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
coastal region ⓘ
cultural region ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
conservationIssue coastal erosion ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ
sea level rise ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalIssue gentrification and displacement of Gullah communities ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
resort development ⓘ
seafood harvesting ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
ecosystem barrier island dune system ⓘ
maritime forest ⓘ
salt marsh ⓘ
ethnicGroup Geechee people ⓘ
Gullah ⓘ
surface form: Gullah people
hasPart Cumberland Island ⓘ
Daufuskie Island ⓘ
Edisto Island ⓘ
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Hilton Head Island

James Island ⓘ
surface form: James Island, South Carolina

Jekyll Island ⓘ
Johns Island ⓘ
surface form: Johns Island, South Carolina

Kiawah Island, South Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Kiawah Island

Sapelo Island ⓘ
St. Helena Island, South Carolina ⓘ
St. Simons Island ⓘ
Tybee Island, Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Tybee Island
heritageDesignation Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor ⓘ
historicalEvent Port Royal Experiment ⓘ
Sea Islands slave emancipation during American Civil War ⓘ
historicalPeriod Antebellum period ⓘ
surface form: Antebellum South
knownFor Gullah Geechee culture ⓘ
barrier islands ⓘ
historic African American communities ⓘ
rice plantation history ⓘ
salt marshes ⓘ
sea island cotton production (historical) ⓘ
language Gullah ⓘ
surface form: Gullah language
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern United States

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
majorCityNearby Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Charleston, South Carolina

City of Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Savannah, Georgia
partOf Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Georgia (U.S. state)

South Carolina ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island → locatedIn → Sea Islands region ⓘ
North Charleston, South Carolina, United States → locatedInRegion → Sea Islands region ⓘ
subject surface form: North Charleston, South Carolina
this entity surface form: Lowcountry
South Carolina Sons of Liberty → regionOfActivity → Sea Islands region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lowcountry South Carolina
Atlantic coastal plain → contains → Sea Islands region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea Islands
Savannah metropolitan area → locatedInRegion → Sea Islands region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coastal Georgia
Savannah → locatedInRegion → Sea Islands region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lowcountry
Port Royal, South Carolina → locatedIn → Sea Islands region ⓘ
Battle of Gully Hole Creek → geographicalContext → Sea Islands region ⓘ
Atlantic coast of Georgia → contains → Sea Islands region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgia Sea Islands
Little St. Simons Island → partOf → Sea Islands region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgia Sea Islands
Pay Me My Money Down → associatedWithRegion → Sea Islands region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgia Sea Islands
Cumberland Island → isLargestOf → Sea Islands region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgia barrier islands
Cumberland Island → isSouthernmostOf → Sea Islands region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgia barrier islands
Cumberland Sound → partOf → Sea Islands region ⓘ
Beaufort, South Carolina → partOf → Sea Islands region ⓘ
Port Royal Sound → partOf → Sea Islands region ⓘ
Battery Creek → region → Sea Islands region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea Islands area of South Carolina
Daufuskie Island → locatedIn → Sea Islands region ⓘ