Havana Bay

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Havana Bay is the natural harbor of Havana, Cuba, historically vital as a strategic Caribbean port and still dominated by the fortress of Castillo del Morro at its entrance.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Havana Bay canonical 14
Havana Harbor 10
Bay of Havana 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay
natural harbor
adjacentTo Casa Blanca neighborhood
Guanabacoa
Old Havana
Regla
cityServed Havana
linked to: Havana, Cuba
country Cuba
entranceFeature narrow channel
guardedBy Castillo del Morro
hasConservationEffort environmental remediation projects
hasFunction industrial port area
main port of Cuba
hasIssue industrial contamination
water pollution
hasLandmarkAtEntrance Castillo del Morro
hasNearbyDistrict Habana Vieja (Old Havana)
linked to: Habana Vieja
hasNearbyFortification Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta
linked to: Castillo del Morro

Castillo de la Real Fuerza
La Cabaña Fortress
hasNearbyInfrastructure Havana Tunnel
hasPart Havana Harbor
linked to: Havana Bay

Port of Havana
hasPortFacility bulk cargo docks
container terminals
oil terminals
historicalRole Spanish colonial naval base
strategic Caribbean port
languageOfToponym Spanish
locatedIn Caribbean Sea
Havana
linked to: Havana, Cuba
locatedInTimeZone Cuba Standard Time
locatedOnWaterbody Straits of Florida
mouthOf Almendares River
Luyanó River
Martí River
linked to: Mayabeque River
overlookedBy Castillo del Morro
La Cabaña Fortress
partOf Gulf of Mexico basin
linked to: Gulf of Mexico
shape semi-enclosed bay
strategicImportance control of access to Havana
key stopover on Spanish treasure fleets
usedFor commercial shipping
fishing
naval operations
tourism
wasSiteOf Battle of Havana (1762)
naval blockades

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (27)

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

Castillo del Morro locatedIn Havana Bay
Malecón, Havana extendsFrom Havana Harbor
linked to: Havana Bay
Malecón, Havana hasViewOf Havana Harbor
linked to: Havana Bay
Centro Habana hasBorderWith Havana Bay
Hotel Nacional de Cuba hasView Havana Harbor
linked to: Havana Bay
Habana Vieja hasView Havana Bay
Morro Hill overlooks Havana Bay
Morro Hill adjacentTo Havana Bay
Morro Hill hasViewOf Havana harbor
linked to: Havana Bay
Havana Bay hasPart Havana Harbor
linked to: Havana Bay
USS Maine (ACR-1) placeOfSinking Havana Harbor
linked to: Havana Bay
Port of Havana hasPart Havana Bay
acting commander of Morro Castle hasLocation Havana Harbor
linked to: Havana Bay
Castillo de la Real Fuerza locatedIn Havana Harbor
linked to: Havana Bay
Monument to Máximo Gómez in Havana locatedIn Havana Harbor
linked to: Havana Bay
La Cabaña Fortress locatedOn Bay of Havana
linked to: Havana Bay
La Cabaña Fortress locatedIn Havana Harbor
linked to: Havana Bay
Regla locatedOn Havana Bay
Havana Tunnel crosses Havana Bay entrance
linked to: Havana Bay
Havana Tunnel isInBodyOfWater Havana Bay
Havana Tunnel hasNearbyFeature Havana Bay
Watson and the Shark depicts Havana Harbor
linked to: Havana Bay