Palisadoes

E894796

sand spit tombolo

Palisadoes is a narrow, low-lying sand spit in Jamaica that forms the natural harbor protecting Kingston and the historic town of Port Royal.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
La Manga strip	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	sand spit ⓘ tombolo ⓘ
adjacentTo	Kingston NERFINISHED ⓘ Port Royal NERFINISHED ⓘ
affectedBy	hurricanes ⓘ storm surges ⓘ
borderedBy	Caribbean Sea on south ⓘ Kingston Harbour on north ⓘ
connects	Kingston NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman Manley International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ Port Royal NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Jamaica ⓘ
designatedAs	protected area ⓘ
hasClimate	tropical climate ⓘ
hasConservationIssues	coastal erosion ⓘ sea-level rise vulnerability ⓘ
hasEcosystemType	coastal dune system ⓘ mangrove habitat ⓘ
hasElevation	low-lying ⓘ
hasGeologicalOrigin	marine sediment deposition ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	access route to Port Royal ⓘ defense of Kingston Harbour ⓘ
hasLandformType	barrier beach ⓘ
hasNearbyCity	Kingston NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement	Port Royal NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTransportationInfrastructure	Norman Manley International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ Palisadoes Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVegetation	coastal scrub ⓘ mangroves ⓘ
languageOfToponym	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingston Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Port Royal Cays NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Jamaica south coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingston Parish NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
protects	Kingston NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingston Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ Port Royal NERFINISHED ⓘ
separates	Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingston Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ
shape	narrow ⓘ
usedFor	airport access ⓘ recreation ⓘ road transportation ⓘ

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

Port Royal → locatedOn → Palisadoes ⓘ

Costa Cálida → hasAttraction → Palisadoes ⓘ

this entity surface form: La Manga strip