Gulf of Kyparissia

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The Gulf of Kyparissia is a large bay of the Ionian Sea along the western coast of the Peloponnese in Greece, known for its long sandy beaches and important sea turtle nesting sites.

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Label Occurrences
Gulf of Kyparissia canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ
gulf ⓘ
belongsTo Greek territorial waters ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
coastalMorphology open bay with long linear beaches ⓘ
coastType sandy coast ⓘ
conservationImportance key nesting habitat for Caretta caretta in Greece ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
ecoregion Mediterranean Sea ecoregion ⓘ
environmentalStatus important sea turtle nesting area in the Mediterranean ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Ionian Sea ⓘ
hasFeature dune ecosystems ⓘ
extensive sandy shoreline ⓘ
shallow coastal waters ⓘ
hasProtectedAreas sea turtle nesting beaches with conservation measures ⓘ
hasRecreation beach activities ⓘ
sunbathing ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
hasSettlementOnCoast Giannitsochori ⓘ
Kalo Nero ⓘ
Kyparissia ⓘ
Zacharo ⓘ
knownFor Caretta caretta nesting beaches ⓘ
loggerhead sea turtle nesting ⓘ
long sandy beaches ⓘ
sea turtle nesting sites ⓘ
languageRegion Greek-speaking area ⓘ
locatedIn Peloponnese ⓘ
Southern Greece ⓘ
western coast of the Peloponnese ⓘ
locatedInBody eastern Ionian Sea ⓘ
linked to: Ionian Sea
marineLife Mediterranean marine species ⓘ
loggerhead sea turtle ⓘ
nearbyMajorCity Kalamata (via Peloponnese region) ⓘ
linked to: Kalamata

Pyrgos (Elis) ⓘ
partOf Ionian Sea ⓘ
region Elis ⓘ
Messenia ⓘ
stretchesFrom near Cape Katakolo ⓘ
stretchesTo near Kyparissia ⓘ
tourismType beach tourism ⓘ
nature-based tourism ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Alfeios River → mouthNear → Gulf of Kyparissia ⓘ
Neda River → mouthLocatedIn → Gulf of Kyparissia ⓘ
Southwestern Greece → hasCoastlineOn → Gulf of Kyparissia ⓘ
subject linked to: southwestern Greece