Jones Inlet

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Jones Inlet is a tidal strait on the south shore of Long Island, New York, providing a navigable passage between the Atlantic Ocean and the protected bays behind the barrier islands.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jones Inlet canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf inlet ⓘ
tidal strait ⓘ
adjacentTo Hempstead Town beaches ⓘ
Jones Beach State Park ⓘ
coast Atlantic coast of the United States ⓘ
connectsBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Hempstead Bay ⓘ
Jones Bay ⓘ
South Shore bays of Long Island ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Nassau County ⓘ
crossedBy Meadowbrook State Parkway (via Jones Beach Island nearby) ⓘ
environmentalRole exchange of water between ocean and back-barrier bays ⓘ
tidal flushing of estuarine habitats ⓘ
hasFeature shifting sandbars ⓘ
strong tidal currents ⓘ
hasNavigationHazard breaking surf at the bar ⓘ
shoaling ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Jones Inlet Bridge ⓘ
hasUse commercial fishing access ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
isAccessPointFor Atlantic Ocean from South Shore bays ⓘ
isPartOf barrier island system of Long Island ⓘ
locatedIn Long Island ⓘ
Nassau County, New York ⓘ
New York ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedOn south shore of Long Island ⓘ
nearbySettlement Freeport, New York ⓘ
linked to: Freeport

Hempstead, New York ⓘ
Point Lookout, New York ⓘ
partOf New York Bight region ⓘ
linked to: New York Bight

South Shore Estuary Reserve (New York) ⓘ
separates Jones Beach Island ⓘ
Point Lookout, New York ⓘ
state New York ⓘ
usedBy charter boats ⓘ
fishing vessels ⓘ
recreational vessels ⓘ
waterwayType tidal ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Middle Bay → connectedTo → Jones Inlet ⓘ
Great South Bay → hasMouth → Jones Inlet ⓘ
Reynolds Channel → connectsTo → Jones Inlet ⓘ
Point Lookout, New York → borderedBy → Jones Inlet ⓘ
Inlets of New York (state) → hasPart → Jones Inlet ⓘ
Gilgo Beach, New York → adjacentTo → Jones Inlet ⓘ
Point Lookout → bordersBodyOfWater → Jones Inlet ⓘ
Point Lookout → hasNearbyInlet → Jones Inlet ⓘ