Gogland

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Gogland is a strategically located island in the Gulf of Finland, known for its rugged terrain, lighthouses, and historical military significance to both Russia and Finland.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gogland canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
island ⓘ
access restricted military area (modern Russia) ⓘ
climate humid continental ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
formerCountry Finland ⓘ
hasArea about 21 km² ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude 60.0167 N ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude 26.9667 E ⓘ
hasEvent World War II battles ⓘ
naval battles in the 18th century ⓘ
hasFeature bays suitable for anchorage ⓘ
coastal batteries (historical) ⓘ
radar and navigation installations (historical and modern) ⓘ
hasHighestPoint about 173 m above sea level ⓘ
hasLanguageVariant Finnish name: Suursaari ⓘ
linked to: Suursaari

Russian name: Гогланд ⓘ
Swedish name: Hogland ⓘ
hasLength about 11 km ⓘ
hasLighthouse Gogland Lighthouse ⓘ
North Gogland Lighthouse ⓘ
linked to: Gogland Lighthouse

South Gogland Lighthouse ⓘ
linked to: Gogland Lighthouse
hasWidth up to 2 km ⓘ
historicalSignificance military ⓘ
naval ⓘ
knownFor World War II fortifications ⓘ
forested interior ⓘ
lighthouses ⓘ
rocky cliffs ⓘ
locatedBetween Finland ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
locatedIn Baltic Sea ⓘ
Gulf of Finland ⓘ
Kingiseppsky District ⓘ
Leningrad Oblast ⓘ
nearCity Kotka ⓘ
Primorsk ⓘ
partOf eastern Gulf of Finland island chain ⓘ
strategicImportance high ⓘ
strategicRole controls approaches to Saint Petersburg via Gulf of Finland ⓘ
terrain rocky ⓘ
rugged ⓘ
usedByMilitaryOf Finland ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
vegetation coniferous forest ⓘ
wasCededAfter Moscow Peace Treaty (1940) ⓘ
linked to: Moscow Peace Treaty

Winter War ⓘ
wasCededTo Soviet Union ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Suursaari → formerName → Gogland ⓘ
Suursaari → nameInRussian → Gogland ⓘ