Cap Diamant escarpment

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The Cap Diamant escarpment is a prominent rocky cliff in Quebec City that forms the elevated promontory on which Old Quebec and the historic Citadelle are built, overlooking the St. Lawrence River.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cap Diamant escarpment canonical 1
cliffs of Cap Diamant 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cliff ⓘ
escarpment ⓘ
geological formation ⓘ
associatedWith Citadelle of Quebec ⓘ
Old Quebec ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site of Old Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Old Quebec
city Quebec City ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
elevationRelativeTo rises sharply above the Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
forms elevated promontory of Old Quebec ⓘ
promontory on which the Citadelle of Quebec is built ⓘ
formsBoundaryWith Lower Town of Quebec City ⓘ
geologicalContext part of the Quebec promontory ⓘ
hasFeature natural defensive position ⓘ
steep rocky slope ⓘ
hasRoleIn defensive system of Quebec City ⓘ
hasSignificance historic urban landscape of Old Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Old Quebec

strategic military importance ⓘ
hasView panoramic view of the Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
view over Lower Town of Quebec City ⓘ
influenced location of early European settlement at Quebec City ⓘ
locatedIn Canada ⓘ
Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada

Quebec City ⓘ
near Plains of Abraham ⓘ
Upper Town of Quebec City ⓘ
linked to: Old Quebec
overlooks Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
partOf Cap Diamant ⓘ
topography of Quebec City ⓘ
province Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada
terrainType rocky promontory ⓘ
usedFor defensive fortifications ⓘ
military observation point ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Funiculaire du Vieux-Québec → locatedOn → Cap Diamant escarpment ⓘ
Promenade des Gouverneurs → follows → cliffs of Cap Diamant ⓘ
linked to: Cap Diamant escarpment