Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Red Bay Basque Whaling Station' has mentioned 'Whale' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| Between 1550 and the early 17th century, Red Bay, known as Balea Baya (Whale Bay), was a centre for Basque whaling operations. | WIKI |
| Sailors from southern France and northern Spain sent 15 whaleships and 600 men a season to the remote outpost on the Strait of Belle Isle to try to catch the right whale and bowhead whales that populated the waters there, according to Memorial University of Newfoundland. | WIKI |
| believe that a decline in whale stocks eventually led to the abandonment of the whaling stations in Red Bay. | WIKI |
| Basque whaling stations Iceberg and whale watching Hiking Local entertainment and cuisine Fishing | WIKI |
| It was used for coastal whale hunting in the summer, the butchery of the whales, and the rendering of the oil and its storage. | UNESCO |
| The whale oil was sold in Europe primarily for lighting purposes. | UNESCO |
| The property includes the remains of rendering ovens, cooperages, a wharf, living quarters and a cemetery, together with the underwater wrecks of vessels and whale bone deposits. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iii): Red Bay Basque Whaling Station is an outstanding example of the tradition of whale hunting established by the Basques in the 16th century for the production of oil which was transported for sale in Europe. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iv): Red Bay Basque Whaling Station constitutes a fully intelligible ensemble of archaeological elements illustrating the establishment of a proto-industrial process of large-scale production of whale oil, during the 16th century. | UNESCO |
| The property includes all the terrestrial and underwater elements that illustrate all the major phases of the whale hunting process. | UNESCO |