Virginia Peninsula

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peninsula region

The Virginia Peninsula is a region in southeastern Virginia between the James and York Rivers, known for its historic colonial sites and proximity to the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic coast.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf peninsula ⓘ
region ⓘ
adjacentTo Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
boundedBy James River ⓘ
York River ⓘ
connectedBy George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
James River Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monitor–Merrimac Memorial Bridge–Tunnel ⓘ
contains Busch Gardens Williamsburg ⓘ
Christopher Newport University ⓘ
Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ
Fort Eustis, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Fort Eustis

Fort Monroe, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Fort Monroe

Hampton ⓘ
Hampton University ⓘ
Colonial National Historical Park ⓘ
surface form: Historic Jamestowne

James City County ⓘ
surface form: James City County, Virginia

Jamestown Settlement living-history museum ⓘ
surface form: Jamestown Settlement

Jamestown ⓘ
surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

Fort Eustis, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Joint Base Langley–Eustis

Langley Air Force Base ⓘ
Newport News, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Newport News

Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ
Poquoson ⓘ
Thomas Nelson Community College ⓘ
Williamsburg ⓘ
York County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yorktown Battlefield ⓘ
Yorktown ⓘ
surface form: Yorktown, Virginia
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
historicalSignificance location of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America ⓘ
location of major American Civil War campaigns ⓘ
location of the 1781 Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
site of early English colonization in North America ⓘ
knownFor historic colonial sites ⓘ
military installations ⓘ
shipbuilding industry ⓘ
locatedIn Southeastern Virginia ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
near Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf Hampton Roads ⓘ
Tidewater Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Tidewater region of Virginia
regionType urbanized region ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
traversedBy Interstate 64 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 17 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 60 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Chesapeake Bay → borderedBy → Virginia Peninsula ⓘ
Battle of Fair Oaks → front → Virginia Peninsula ⓘ
Peninsula Campaign → location → Virginia Peninsula ⓘ