West Coast

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West Coast is a sparsely populated, rugged region on the western side of New Zealand’s South Island, known for its dramatic coastline, rainforests, glaciers, and mining history.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
West Coast canonical 41
West Coast Region 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf region of New Zealand ⓘ
borders Canterbury region ⓘ
linked to: Canterbury Region

Otago region (at Haast Pass area) ⓘ
linked to: Otago Region

Tasman region ⓘ
linked to: Tasman District
climate high rainfall ⓘ
oceanic climate ⓘ
contains Fox Glacier ⓘ
Franz Josef Glacier ⓘ
Kahurangi National Park (part) ⓘ
Paparoa National Park ⓘ
Westland Tai Poutini National Park ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
economySector dairy farming ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
mining ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Tasman Sea ⓘ
hasHistoricIndustry gold rush ⓘ
hasHistoricTown Denniston ⓘ
Reefton ⓘ
Ross ⓘ
hasIndigenousPeople Ngāi Tahu ⓘ
linked to: Ngāi Tahu iwi
hasMountainRange Southern Alps ⓘ
isInIslandGroup South Island regions ⓘ
isPartOf Te Waipounamu ⓘ
knownFor coal mining ⓘ
dramatic coastline ⓘ
glaciers ⓘ
gold mining ⓘ
mining history ⓘ
pounamu (greenstone) ⓘ
temperate rainforests ⓘ
largestTown Greymouth ⓘ
locatedIn South Island ⓘ
locatedOnSideOfIsland western side of South Island ⓘ
majorTown Hokitika ⓘ
Westport ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Māori ⓘ
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated ⓘ
regionalCouncil West Coast Regional Council ⓘ
regionalCouncilSeat Greymouth ⓘ
terrainCharacteristic rugged ⓘ
timeZone New Zealand Daylight Time ⓘ
New Zealand Standard Time ⓘ
touristAttraction Hokitika Gorge ⓘ
Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki ⓘ
transportRoute State Highway 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ
TranzAlpine railway (eastern access via Arthur’s Pass) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (50)

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

South Island → hasRegion → West Coast ⓘ
Canterbury Region → borderedBy → West Coast Region ⓘ
linked to: West Coast
Mount Aspiring National Park → locatedIn → West Coast Region ⓘ
linked to: West Coast
Greymouth → locatedIn → West Coast Region ⓘ
linked to: West Coast
Greymouth → isRegionalCentreFor → West Coast Region ⓘ
linked to: West Coast
Tasman District → borders → West Coast Region ⓘ
linked to: West Coast
Otago → borders → West Coast ⓘ
Arthur's Pass National Park → locatedIn → West Coast Region ⓘ
linked to: West Coast
Kahurangi National Park → locatedInRegion → West Coast Region ⓘ
linked to: West Coast
Crusaders → representsProvince → West Coast ⓘ
Te Wahipounamu World Heritage Area → locatedIn → West Coast Region ⓘ
linked to: West Coast
Open Bay Islands → partOf → West Coast Region ⓘ
linked to: West Coast
Westport → locatedIn → West Coast ⓘ
Vredenburg → locatedIn → West Coast ⓘ
SOI–West → regionServed → West Coast ⓘ
Seals Stadium → region → West Coast ⓘ
Pu$haz Ink → associatedRegion → West Coast ⓘ
Lights Out → regionAssociatedWith → West Coast ⓘ
Lay Low → featuresRegion → West Coast ⓘ
TranzAlpine → traversesRegion → West Coast ⓘ
subject linked to: TranzAlpine train service
Te Waipounamu → hasRegion → West Coast ⓘ
Greymouth Airport → servesRegion → West Coast ⓘ
Warriors → region → West Coast ⓘ
Hokitika → region → West Coast ⓘ
Hokitika → hasCoastlineType → West Coast ⓘ
Arthur's Pass → locatedInRegion → West Coast ⓘ
Arthur's Pass → connectsRegion → West Coast ⓘ
West Coast–Tasman → region → West Coast ⓘ
Haast Pass → locatedInRegion → West Coast ⓘ
Haast Pass → connectsRegion → West Coast ⓘ
Lewis Pass → locatedInRegion → West Coast ⓘ
Lewis Pass → connectsRegion → West Coast ⓘ
Hokitika Gorge → tourismRegion → West Coast ⓘ
Tritons → governingRegion → West Coast ⓘ
Matadors → region → West Coast ⓘ
Oaks → region → West Coast ⓘ
Carters Beach → region → West Coast ⓘ
West Coast Way → region → West Coast ⓘ
White City → locatedIn → West Coast ⓘ
White City → region → West Coast ⓘ