Wolin

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Wolin is a large Baltic Sea island in northwestern Poland known for its national park, seaside resorts, and archaeological sites linked to early Slavic and Viking-era settlements.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Wolin canonical 7
Wolin (town) 1
Wolin from mainland Pomerania 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island
populated place
administrativeUnit Gmina Wolin
country Poland
governedBy West Pomeranian Voivodeship authorities
hasArchaeologicalSite Viking-age trading settlement
early medieval stronghold at Wolin
hasCliffs cliffs at Międzyzdroje
hasCulturalEvent Slavs and Vikings Festival
hasEcosystem coastal forests
hasFeature coastal dunes
post-glacial hills
sandy beaches
hasHighestPoint Grzywacz
hasHistoricalName Jomsborg
Vineta
hasProtectedArea Wolin National Park
hasTown Międzyzdroje
Wolin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Wolin (town)

Świnoujście
hasTransportLink rail connections
road bridges to mainland
hasWildlife European bison
white-tailed eagle
historicalLanguage German
Pomeranian
historicalPeriod early Middle Ages
knownFor Viking-era settlements
Wolin National Park
archaeological sites
early Slavic settlements
seaside resorts
languageUsed Polish language
surface form: Polish
locatedIn Baltic Sea
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
northwestern Poland
nearbyCity Szczecin
nearbyCountry Germany
partOf Pomerania
separatedBy Regalica River
surface form: Dziwna River

Szczecin Lagoon
Świna River
separatedFrom mainland Poland
tourismType heritage tourism
nature tourism
seaside tourism
wasImportantFor Baltic Sea trade routes

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Pomerania hasIsland Wolin
Wolin hasTown Wolin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Wolin (town)
Dziwna separates Wolin
this entity surface form: Wolin from mainland Pomerania
Sheldon Wolin familyName Wolin
Pomeranian Piasts capital Wolin