Moonsund Archipelago

E825729

The Moonsund Archipelago is a group of islands in the Baltic Sea between mainland Estonia and Saaremaa that has been a strategically important maritime area, notably during World War I.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Moonsund Archipelago canonical 3
Moonsund archipelago 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
borderedBy Saaremaa coast ⓘ
mainland Estonia coast ⓘ
country Estonia ⓘ
governedBy Republic of Estonia ⓘ
linked to: Estonia
hasClimate temperate maritime climate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasFeature navigational channels ⓘ
numerous straits ⓘ
shallow waters ⓘ
hasIsland Hiiumaa ⓘ
Kihnu ⓘ
Muhu ⓘ
Ruhnu ⓘ
Vormsi ⓘ
smaller islets ⓘ
hasLargestIslandNearby Saaremaa ⓘ
hasStrategicRole access to Baltic Sea shipping lanes ⓘ
historicalEvent Battle of Moon Sound ⓘ
Operation Albion ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War I ⓘ
historicalUse coastal defense zone ⓘ
naval minefields ⓘ
languageRegion Estonian language ⓘ
locatedBetween Saaremaa ⓘ
mainland Estonia ⓘ
locatedIn Baltic Sea ⓘ
Estonia ⓘ
locatedNear Gulf of Finland ⓘ
Gulf of Riga ⓘ
partOf Baltic region ⓘ
linked to: Baltic Sea region

West Estonian Archipelago ⓘ
region western Estonia ⓘ
seaArea Moonsund ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Gulf of Riga approaches ⓘ
maritime navigation ⓘ
naval operations ⓘ
usedBy Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Imperial Russian Navy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Moonsund Archipelago operations → location → Moonsund Archipelago ⓘ
Moonsund Landing Operation → location → Moonsund archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Moonsund Archipelago
Battle of Muhu → isPartOfIslandGroup → Moonsund Archipelago ⓘ
Battle of Vormsi → location → Moonsund Archipelago ⓘ
Battle of Moon Sound → location → Moonsund archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Moonsund Archipelago