British Isles maritime region

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The British Isles maritime region is the collective network of surrounding seas, channels, and coastal waters that encircle and connect the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, and their smaller neighboring islands.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
marine ecoregion ⓘ
maritime region ⓘ
borders Channel Islands ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Isle of Man ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
connectsTo Arctic-influenced North Atlantic waters ⓘ
Bay of Biscay ⓘ
Norwegian Sea ⓘ
ecoregionOf North Atlantic marine biodiversity ⓘ
hasCharacteristic complex coastal morphology ⓘ
strong tidal ranges ⓘ
temperate marine climate ⓘ
hasLegalContext Irish territorial waters ⓘ
United Kingdom territorial waters ⓘ
exclusive economic zones around the British Isles ⓘ
includesSeaArea Bristol Channel ⓘ
Celtic Sea ⓘ
English Channel ⓘ
Firth of Clyde ⓘ
Firth of Forth ⓘ
Irish Sea ⓘ
Minch ⓘ
Moray Firth ⓘ
North Channel ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
Pentland Firth ⓘ
Sea of the Hebrides ⓘ
Skagerrak transition zone ⓘ
linked to: Skagerrak

Solway Firth ⓘ
St George's Channel ⓘ
influencedBy Gulf Stream system ⓘ
linked to: Gulf Stream

North Atlantic Drift ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern North Atlantic ⓘ
North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Ocean

Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
partOf Northeast Atlantic marine region ⓘ
surrounds Channel Islands ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Hebrides ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Isle of Man ⓘ
Orkney Islands ⓘ
Shetland Islands ⓘ
linked to: Shetland
usedFor commercial shipping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
naval operations ⓘ
offshore energy production ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

North Channel → partOf → British Isles maritime region ⓘ
North Atlantic wave climate → hasRegion → British Isles Atlantic margin ⓘ
linked to: British Isles maritime region