Gravina Island

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Gravina Island is a forested island in southeastern Alaska’s Inside Passage, known for its proximity to Ketchikan and its role in the debated “Bridge to Nowhere” project.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gravina Island canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
belongsTo United States Pacific coastal islands ⓘ
bridgeProposalFunding federal earmark ⓘ
bridgeProposalPurpose connect Ketchikan to Ketchikan International Airport ⓘ
bridgeProposalStatus canceled ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
explorationYear 1793 ⓘ
exploredBy George Vancouver ⓘ
hasAirport Ketchikan International Airport ⓘ
hasClimate maritime climate ⓘ
hasCoastlineType rugged shoreline ⓘ
hasEcosystem Tongass National Forest region ⓘ
hasHumanUse limited residential development ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
transportation infrastructure ⓘ
hasLandCover forest ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Ketchikan, Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Ketchikan
hasNearbyFacility Ketchikan International Airport terminal ⓘ
hasNearbyFerryTerminal Gravina Island ferry terminal ⓘ
hasNearbyWaterway Clarence Strait ⓘ
Tongass Narrows ⓘ
hasPrecipitationPattern high annual rainfall ⓘ
hasRegion Alaska Panhandle ⓘ
linked to: Panhandle of Alaska
hasVegetation temperate rainforest ⓘ
hasWildlife bald eagles ⓘ
black bears ⓘ
salmon ⓘ
isPartOfDebate U.S. federal earmark spending debate ⓘ
U.S. transportation infrastructure priorities ⓘ
knownFor proposed Gravina Island Bridge ⓘ
“Bridge to Nowhere” controversy ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Inside Passage ⓘ
Ketchikan Gateway Borough ⓘ
southeastern Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Alaska
locatedInBodyOfWater Clarence Strait ⓘ
locatedNear Ketchikan ⓘ
namedAfter Felice Gravina ⓘ
namedBy George Vancouver ⓘ
partOf Alexander Archipelago ⓘ
politicalSubdivision Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska ⓘ
State of Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Alaska
primaryAccessMode airplane ⓘ
boat ⓘ
separatedBy Tongass Narrows ⓘ
separatedFrom Revillagigedo Island ⓘ
timeZone Alaska Time Zone ⓘ
transportConnection ferry to Ketchikan ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Tongass Narrows → separates → Gravina Island ⓘ
Cleveland Peninsula → near → Gravina Island ⓘ
Clarence Strait → adjacentTo → Gravina Island ⓘ
Ketchikan International Airport → locatedOn → Gravina Island ⓘ
subject linked to: KTN
Ketchikan International Airport → locatedOn → Gravina Island ⓘ
subject linked to: PAKT