Heligoland Bight

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Heligoland Bight is a shallow bay of the North Sea off the coasts of Germany and Denmark that has long been a strategically important maritime and aerial battleground, especially during both World Wars.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Heligoland Bight canonical 11
Heligoland, 1914 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
body of water ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ
adjacentTo German North Sea coast ⓘ
Heligoland ⓘ
linked to: Helgoland
countryBorder Denmark ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
hasCharacteristic shallow ⓘ
hasUse fishing area ⓘ
naval operations area ⓘ
shipping route ⓘ
hasWatersOf Denmark ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
knownFor air battles ⓘ
naval engagements ⓘ
strategic military significance ⓘ
locatedIn North Sea ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Jutland Peninsula ⓘ
Schleswig-Holstein ⓘ
namedAfter Heligoland ⓘ
linked to: Helgoland
oceanBasin Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf European continental shelf ⓘ
German Bight ⓘ
siteOf Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914) ⓘ
Battle of the Heligoland Bight (1939) ⓘ
aerial bombing campaigns in World War II ⓘ
strategicImportance aerial ⓘ
maritime ⓘ
wasBattlegroundIn World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

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

First Battle of Heligoland Bight → location → Heligoland Bight ⓘ
Channel Dash → location → Heligoland Bight ⓘ
HMS New Zealand → battleHonour → Heligoland, 1914 ⓘ
linked to: Heligoland Bight
German High Seas Fleet → locationOfMainOperations → Heligoland Bight ⓘ
SMS Mainz → locationOfSinking → Heligoland Bight ⓘ
SMS Köln → locationOfSinking → Heligoland Bight ⓘ