Port Nicholson

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Port Nicholson is the large natural harbour on the southern tip of New Zealand’s North Island that forms the setting for the city and port of Wellington.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Port Nicholson canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
natural harbour ⓘ
associatedWithIwi Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika ⓘ
Te Āti Awa ⓘ
connectedByFerryTo Picton ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans James Herd ⓘ
formsSettingFor Port of Wellington ⓘ
Wellington ⓘ
hasCityOnShore Wellington ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalConcern earthquake risk and tsunami exposure ⓘ
seabed contamination ⓘ
hasFunction domestic coastal trade hub ⓘ
international shipping hub ⓘ
naval anchorage ⓘ
hasHeadlandAtEntrance Palliser Bay approaches ⓘ
Pencarrow Head ⓘ
hasIsland Matiu / Somes Island ⓘ
Mākaro / Ward Island ⓘ
hasLighthouseNearEntrance Pencarrow Head Lighthouse ⓘ
hasMajorPortFacility CentrePort Wellington ⓘ
linked to: Port of Wellington
hasMouthNear Cook Strait ⓘ
hasNearbyAirport Wellington International Airport ⓘ
linked to: Wellington Airport
hasSuburbOnShore Eastbourne ⓘ
Evans Bay ⓘ
Miramar ⓘ
Oriental Bay ⓘ
Petone ⓘ
Seatoun ⓘ
isCapitalHarbourOf New Zealand ⓘ
isImportantFor New Zealand economy ⓘ
Wellington urban development ⓘ
isShelteredHarbour true ⓘ
knownAs Wellington Harbour ⓘ
locatedAtSouthernTipOf North Island ⓘ
locatedIn North Island ⓘ
Wellington Region ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Cook Strait ⓘ
namedAfter John Nicholson ⓘ
partOf Wellington Harbour ⓘ
surveyedBy Captain William Mein Smith ⓘ
traditionalName Pōneke ⓘ
linked to: Wellington City

Te Whanganui-a-Tara ⓘ
usedFor commercial shipping ⓘ
ferry transport ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Cook Strait region → containsHarbour → Port Nicholson ⓘ
Wellington Harbour → alsoKnownAs → Port Nicholson ⓘ
Lambton Harbour → partOf → Port Nicholson ⓘ
Cuba (ship) → arrivalLocation → Port Nicholson ⓘ
Te Awa Kairangi → emptiesInto → Port Nicholson ⓘ
Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River → flowsInto → Port Nicholson ⓘ