# Straits of Mackinac

Straits of Mackinac is a channel in [Lake Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da8b-736c-b10c-b5ac4195f147), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa), in the [Lake Michigan (HUC10 0419000002)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1f2c-768f-8a9b-4fde379fd131) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d8b7-729b-aef2-5c519347ae5d>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Lake Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da8b-736c-b10c-b5ac4195f147)

Type: [geo:Feature](http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#Feature), [schema:BodyOfWater](https://schema.org/BodyOfWater), [schema:Place](https://schema.org/Place)

Location: 45.81668, -84.75005 (box -84.75005, 45.81668, -84.75005, 45.81668; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1621793](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d8b8-71e9-b432-1101df8cc091)
- `dcterms:type`: [channel](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisChannel)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [point of Straits of Mackinac](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-163b-70b4-82e6-7ca731a7bc55)
- `geo:hasGeometry`: [point of Straits of Mackinac](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-163b-70b4-82e6-7ca731a7bc55)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Lake Michigan (HUC10 0419000002)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1f2c-768f-8a9b-4fde379fd131)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d8b7-729b-aef2-5c502d840df0)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de86-dca5-7466-81da-401d0a703173)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1951-7385-bfba-4bbf6ff8b7ca)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Mackinac County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c59-72ef-9b47-f808d9d32f80)
  - [Lake Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da8b-736c-b10c-b5ac4195f147)
- `skos:altLabel`:
  - Mackinac Strait
  - Michillimacinac Strait
  - Strait of Maciknac
  - Straits of Mackinaw
- `skos:prefLabel`: Straits of Mackinac

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q1073685](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1073685) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1621793](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1621793) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.81668&mlon=-84.75005#map=14/45.81668/-84.75005) (45.81668, -84.75005)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=45.81668,-84.75005)
- [Source](https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames_MI_Text.zip) (prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com)
- [Source](https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs_3dhp_all/FeatureServer) (3dhp.nationalmap.gov)
- [Source](https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer) (hydro.nationalmap.gov)

## Pointing here

- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1073685 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7929-7602-9ac4-569758fe246d)

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Cite as: Straits of Mackinac. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d8b7-729b-aef2-5c519347ae5d
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