Hill 62

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Hill 62 is a strategically important elevation near Ypres in Belgium that was fiercely contested during World War I and is now commemorated as a battlefield and memorial site.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hill 62 canonical 4
Bellewaarde Ridge 1
Hill 62 (Sanctuary Wood) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I site ⓘ
battlefield ⓘ
war memorial site ⓘ
associatedWithBattle Battle of Mount Sorrel ⓘ
Second Battle of Ypres ⓘ
category Hills of Belgium ⓘ
World War I memorials in Belgium ⓘ
Ypres Salient battlefields ⓘ
commemorates Canadian Corps ⓘ
soldiers of the British Empire ⓘ
commemoratesPeriod 1914–1918 ⓘ
commemorativeFocus First World War Western Front ⓘ
controlledBy Allied forces at various times ⓘ
German forces at various times ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
elevation 62 metres above sea level ⓘ
frontSector Ypres sector ⓘ
linked to: Ypres
hasAccess publicly accessible ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Heuvel 62 ⓘ
Sanctuary Wood ⓘ
hasFeature shell craters ⓘ
trenches ⓘ
war cemetery nearby ⓘ
hasInterpretiveSignage yes ⓘ
hasMemorial Hill 62 (Sanctuary Wood) Canadian Memorial ⓘ
hasNearbyCemetery Sanctuary Wood Cemetery ⓘ
hasNearbyMuseum Sanctuary Wood Museum ⓘ
hasViewOver Ypres Salient ⓘ
isMaintainedAs memorial landscape ⓘ
isNear Ypres city centre ⓘ
Zillebeke ⓘ
isSubjectOf World War I historiography ⓘ
battlefield tours ⓘ
isTouristAttraction true ⓘ
locatedIn Belgium ⓘ
West Flanders ⓘ
Ypres ⓘ
memorialUnveiledBy Canadian authorities ⓘ
partOf Ypres Salient ⓘ
region Flemish Region ⓘ
usedFor artillery observation during World War I ⓘ
wasContestedBy British forces ⓘ
Canadian forces ⓘ
German forces ⓘ
wasStrategicallyImportantDuring World War I ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Ieper → hasNearbyMemorial → Hill 62 (Sanctuary Wood) ⓘ
linked to: Hill 62
Sanctuary Wood → near → Hill 62 ⓘ
Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge → place → Bellewaarde Ridge ⓘ
linked to: Hill 62