El Tigre Island

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El Tigre Island is a volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to Honduras, notable for its strategic location in the Gulf of Fonseca near the borders of El Salvador and Nicaragua.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
El Tigre Island canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
volcanic island ⓘ
belongsTo Honduran Pacific coast ⓘ
borderRegion tri-national Gulf of Fonseca area ⓘ
linked to: Gulf of Fonseca
climate tropical ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Honduras ⓘ
elevation approximately 2572 feet ⓘ
approximately 783 metres ⓘ
geologicalSetting Central American volcanic arc ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Gulf of Fonseca ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity artisanal fishing ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
hasFeature coastal lowlands ⓘ
steep volcanic slopes ⓘ
hasHarbor Amapala harbor ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Honduras ⓘ
hasSettlement Amapala ⓘ
hasSpanishName Isla El Tigre ⓘ
hasStratovolcano El Tigre volcano ⓘ
hasVolcanicOrigin true ⓘ
importance historically important Pacific port for Honduras ⓘ
islandIn Gulf of Fonseca ⓘ
islandType stratovolcanic cone ⓘ
largestTown Amapala ⓘ
locatedIn Valle Department ⓘ
southern Honduras ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Gulf of Fonseca ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedNear border of El Salvador ⓘ
border of Nicaragua ⓘ
nearbyCountry El Salvador ⓘ
Nicaragua ⓘ
partOf Gulf of Fonseca island group ⓘ
Honduran Pacific islands ⓘ
portCity Amapala ⓘ
region Central America ⓘ
shape conical ⓘ
sovereignState Honduras ⓘ
strategicImportance control of access to inner Gulf of Fonseca ⓘ
proximity to El Salvador ⓘ
proximity to Nicaragua ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
local tourism ⓘ
port activities ⓘ
volcanicStatus currently not known to be active ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Gulf of Fonseca → hasIsland → El Tigre Island ⓘ
Zacate Grande Island → near → El Tigre Island ⓘ