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

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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

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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