Hooper Islands

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The Hooper Islands are a small chain of low-lying, sparsely populated islands in the Chesapeake Bay known for their historic watermen communities and vulnerability to erosion and sea-level rise.

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Label Occurrences
Hooper Islands canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island group ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
adjacentWaterBody Honga River ⓘ
borderedBy Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
climate humid subtropical to temperate coastal ⓘ
coastType low-lying estuarine coast ⓘ
connectedBy Hoopers Island Road ⓘ
connectedTo mainland Maryland ⓘ
linked to: Maryland
country United States ⓘ
countrySubdivision United States–Maryland–Dorchester County ⓘ
county Dorchester County, Maryland ⓘ
culturalHeritage Chesapeake Bay watermen culture ⓘ
demographicTrend population decline ⓘ
economicActivity seafood harvesting ⓘ
small-scale tourism ⓘ
ecosystem coastal marshes ⓘ
tidal wetlands ⓘ
elevation low-lying ⓘ
environmentalIssue flooding ⓘ
land loss ⓘ
hasCommunity Fishing Creek, Maryland ⓘ
Hoopersville, Maryland ⓘ
hasHumanSettlement Fishing Creek, Maryland ⓘ
Hoopersville, Maryland ⓘ
hasPart Lower Hooper Island ⓘ
Middle Hooper Island ⓘ
Upper Hooper Island ⓘ
historicalUse seafood industry ⓘ
watermen settlement ⓘ
knownFor commercial fishing ⓘ
crabbing ⓘ
historic watermen communities ⓘ
oystering ⓘ
locatedIn Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
Dorchester County, Maryland ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
United States ⓘ
partOf Chesapeake Bay watershed ⓘ
linked to: Chesapeake Bay

Eastern Shore of Maryland region ⓘ
populationDensity sparse ⓘ
region Mid-Atlantic United States ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic states
risk coastal erosion ⓘ
sea-level rise ⓘ
state Maryland ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
transport local road access only ⓘ
vulnerability coastal storms ⓘ
storm surge ⓘ

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Dorchester County, Maryland → contains → Hooper Islands ⓘ