Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

marine protected area in California, USA
Place united_states_national_marine_sanctuary Q5767000
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Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Summary

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is an United States National Marine Sanctuary[1]. It draws 29 Wikipedia views per month (united_states_national_marine_sanctuary category, ranking #3 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is located in California[3].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is located in territorial waters of the United States[4].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is located in Exclusive economic zone of the United States[5].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is in the country of United States[6].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is on the body of water Pacific Ocean[7].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is on the body of water Monterey Bay[8].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's image is recorded as Sanc0815 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg[9].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's instance of is recorded as United States National Marine Sanctuary[10].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's operator is recorded as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration[11].
  • Monterey Bay is named after Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary[12].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh93001043[13].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's location is recorded as California[14].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's Commons category is recorded as Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary[15].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 8841133[16].
  • +1992-09-18T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary[17].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.8, 'lon': -122.5}[18].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06cgv6[19].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's WDPA ID is recorded as 555586741[20].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's IUCN protected areas category is recorded as IUCN category V: Protected Landscape/Seascape[21].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's official website is recorded as https://montereybay.noaa.gov/[22].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10046708[23].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Monterey-Bay-National-Marine-Sanctuary[24].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7030265[25].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+6094'}[26].
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's Recreation.gov gateway ID is recorded as 3074[27].

Body

Geography

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is in the country of United States[6]. Located in include California[3], an U.S. state[28], in United States[29], founded in 1850[30]; territorial waters of the United States[4], an administrative territorial entity of the United States[31], in United States[32]; and Exclusive economic zone of the United States[5], an exclusive economic zone[33], in United States[34]. Adjacent water bodies include Pacific Ocean[7], an ocean[35] and Monterey Bay[8], a bay[36], in United States[37].

Physical Characteristics

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+6094'}[26].

Designation and Status

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's instance of is recorded as United States National Marine Sanctuary[10].

History and Context

+1992-09-18T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary[17]. Monterey Bay is named after it[12].

Why It Matters

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary draws 29 Wikipedia views per month (united_states_national_marine_sanctuary category, ranking #3 of 13).[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . montereybay.noaa.gov. montereybay.noaa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . montereybay.noaa.gov. montereybay.noaa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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