# Whaleback Shoal

Whaleback Shoal is a bar 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-db25-70c0-85b3-225e8273f147>

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:Landform](https://schema.org/Landform), [schema:Place](https://schema.org/Place)

Location: 45.35887, -87.18678 (box -87.18678, 45.35887, -87.18678, 45.35887; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1623196](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-db26-752b-aeae-8b9220475c90)
- `dcterms:type`: [bar](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisBar)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [point of Whaleback Shoal](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-18d6-73e5-962c-9b27ea85bc39)
- `geo:hasGeometry`: [point of Whaleback Shoal](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-18d6-73e5-962c-9b27ea85bc39)
- **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-db25-70c0-85b3-225db11ffa14)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-69c1-704b-ad47-f627e808a573)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de86-dcb8-768e-a819-e3ff0acfa4e2)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1951-7385-bfba-4bbf6ff8b7ca)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Menominee County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d2f-7501-b2ba-1fd4c3607881)
  - [Lake Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da8b-736c-b10c-b5ac4195f147)
- `skos:altLabel`: Whales Back
- `skos:prefLabel`: Whaleback Shoal

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q49623805](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49623805) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1623196](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1623196) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.35887&mlon=-87.18678#map=14/45.35887/-87.18678) (45.35887, -87.18678)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=45.35887,-87.18678)
- [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/Q49623805 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7948-771c-a357-e2d632b46a68)

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Cite as: Whaleback Shoal. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-db25-70c0-85b3-225e8273f147
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