Captain Cook Monument

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historic site monument obelisk

Captain Cook Monument is a white obelisk on the shore of Kealakekua Bay in Hawaii commemorating the British explorer Captain James Cook at the site near where he was killed in 1779.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Captain Cook Monument canonical	3
Captain Cook Monument shoreline access	1
Captain Cook statue	1
Captain James Cook Monument	1
Captain James Cook monument	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1960266 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Captain Cook Monument
Context triple: [Kealakekua Bay, hasMonument, Captain Cook Monument]

A. Queen Victoria statue
The Queen Victoria statue is a prominent public monument honoring Queen Victoria, situated in front of Belfast City Hall in Northern Ireland.
B. Peel Monument
Peel Monument is a prominent stone tower on Holcombe Hill in Greater Manchester, England, built to commemorate 19th-century British statesman Sir Robert Peel and offering panoramic views over the surrounding area.
C. Brock's Monument
Brock's Monument is a towering stone column in Queenston, Ontario, commemorating British Major-General Sir Isaac Brock's leadership and death in the War of 1812.
D. Mrs Macquarie’s Chair
Mrs Macquarie’s Chair is a historic sandstone rock cut into a bench on Sydney Harbour, famed for its panoramic views of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge.
E. Victory Monument
Victory Monument is a major military memorial and central traffic hub in Bangkok, Thailand, commemorating the country’s victory in the Franco-Thai War.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Captain Cook Monument
Target entity description: Captain Cook Monument is a white obelisk on the shore of Kealakekua Bay in Hawaii commemorating the British explorer Captain James Cook at the site near where he was killed in 1779.

A. Queen Victoria statue
The Queen Victoria statue is a prominent public monument honoring Queen Victoria, situated in front of Belfast City Hall in Northern Ireland.
B. Peel Monument
Peel Monument is a prominent stone tower on Holcombe Hill in Greater Manchester, England, built to commemorate 19th-century British statesman Sir Robert Peel and offering panoramic views over the surrounding area.
C. Brock's Monument
Brock's Monument is a towering stone column in Queenston, Ontario, commemorating British Major-General Sir Isaac Brock's leadership and death in the War of 1812.
D. Mrs Macquarie’s Chair
Mrs Macquarie’s Chair is a historic sandstone rock cut into a bench on Sydney Harbour, famed for its panoramic views of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge.
E. Victory Monument
Victory Monument is a major military memorial and central traffic hub in Bangkok, Thailand, commemorating the country’s victory in the Franco-Thai War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic site ⓘ monument ⓘ obelisk ⓘ
accessibleBy	boat ⓘ hiking trail ⓘ
associatedWith	British exploration of the Pacific ⓘ European contact with Hawaii ⓘ
color	white ⓘ
commemorates	James Cook ⓘ death of James Cook ⓘ
coordinates	approximately 19.476°N 155.922°W ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
county	Hawaii County ⓘ
elevation	near sea level ⓘ
eventCommemorated	killing of James Cook at Kealakekua Bay ⓘ
hasCategory	Buildings and structures in Hawaii County, Hawaii ⓘ James Cook memorials ⓘ Monuments and memorials in Hawaii ⓘ Obelisks in the United States ⓘ Tourist attractions in Hawaii County, Hawaii ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Hawaii ⓘ Hawaii Island ⓘ linked to: Big Island of Hawaiʻi Kealakekua Bay ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
locatedInProtectedArea	Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park ⓘ
locatedNear	Napoopoo, Hawaii ⓘ village of Captain Cook, Hawaii ⓘ
locatedOnShoreOf	Kealakekua Bay ⓘ
material	white stone ⓘ
namedAfter	James Cook ⓘ
nearbyActivity	kayaking ⓘ snorkeling ⓘ
NRHPType	contributing property in a historic district ⓘ
overlooks	coral reef in Kealakekua Bay ⓘ
partOf	Kealakekua Bay Historical District ⓘ linked to: Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park
setting	remote shoreline ⓘ
shape	obelisk ⓘ
state	Hawaii ⓘ
subjectOf	tourist visits ⓘ
touristAttraction	true ⓘ
viewOf	Kealakekua Bay ⓘ
yearOfEventCommemorated	1779 ⓘ