Start Bay

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Start Bay is a coastal embayment in South Devon, England, known for its shingle beaches, fishing villages, and role in World War II D-Day training.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Start Bay canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal embayment ⓘ
administrativeArea South Hams District ⓘ
linked to: South Hams
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
hasActivity angling ⓘ
birdwatching ⓘ
boating ⓘ
walking ⓘ
hasBeach Slapton Sands ⓘ
Strete Gate Beach ⓘ
Torcross Beach ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn English Channel ⓘ
hasEcosystem coastal shingle habitat ⓘ
marine habitat ⓘ
hasFeature cliffs ⓘ
coastal lagoon ⓘ
nearshore sandbanks ⓘ
shingle barrier beach ⓘ
hasHazard coastal erosion ⓘ
storm waves ⓘ
hasHeadland Start Point ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Slapton Ley National Nature Reserve ⓘ
hasSettlement Slapton ⓘ
Stokenham ⓘ
Torcross ⓘ
hasTransport A379 road ⓘ
hasViewOf Start Point Lighthouse ⓘ
hasWildlife marine fish ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
historicalEvent Exercise Tiger ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War II ⓘ
knownFor World War II D-Day training ⓘ
fishing villages ⓘ
shingle beaches ⓘ
locatedIn Devon ⓘ
South Devon ⓘ
linked to: South Devon coast

South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ⓘ
linked to: South Devon AONB

South West England ⓘ
linked to: southwest England
near Start Point ⓘ
partOf English Channel ⓘ
South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ⓘ
linked to: South Devon AONB
region South Hams ⓘ
usedBy Allied forces ⓘ
usedFor D-Day rehearsal landings ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
military training ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Devon Peninsula → contains → Start Bay ⓘ
Kingsbridge → locatedNear → Start Bay ⓘ
Dart Estuary → hasViewOf → Start Bay ⓘ
South Hams → locatedNear → Start Bay ⓘ
Devon coast → contains → Start Bay ⓘ
Start Point → locatedOn → Start Bay ⓘ
Start Point → hasViewOf → Start Bay ⓘ
South Devon coast → contains → Start Bay ⓘ