Caballo Island

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Caballo Island is a small island near the entrance of Manila Bay in the Philippines, historically used for military and quarantine purposes.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Caballo Island canonical 4
El Fraile Island 3
Gato Island 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former United States military base
island
military installation
accessStatus restricted
controlledBy Philippine government
United States Army
United States Navy
country Philippines
hasEtymology Spanish word "caballo" meaning "horse"
hasFacility Fort Hughes
hasMilitaryFunction coastal defense
harbor defense
hasNameInLanguage Isla Caballo
hasQuarantineFunction isolation area for infectious diseases
quarantine station
hasRoleIn Philippine–American military history
defense of Manila Bay
locatedInBodyOfWater Manila Bay
locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater South China Sea
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Calabarzon
Cavite
Luzon
locatedInTimeZone Philippine Standard Time
locatedNear Corregidor Island
linked to: Corregidor

entrance of Manila Bay
notableFor coastal artillery batteries
strategic location at Manila Bay entrance
partOf Manila Bay defenses
Philippine archipelago
usedDuring World War II
usedFor military purposes
quarantine purposes

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Manila Bay hasIsland Caballo Island
Manila Bay hasIsland El Fraile Island
linked to: Caballo Island
Malapascua Island hasDiveSite Gato Island
linked to: Caballo Island
Carabao Island (Cavite) locatedNear Caballo Island
Carabao Island (Cavite) coordinateRoleWith El Fraile Island
linked to: Caballo Island
Fort Drum locatedOn El Fraile Island
linked to: Caballo Island
Fort Hughes location Caballo Island