Cape Spartel
E226842
Cape Spartel is a prominent headland on the Atlantic coast of northern Morocco, marking the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar near Tangier.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cape Spartel canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2028761 — 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: Cape Spartel Context triple: [Tangier, hasLandmark, Cape Spartel]
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A.
Cape St. Vincent
Cape St. Vincent is a prominent headland at the southwestern tip of mainland Portugal, historically regarded as a key maritime landmark and once thought to be the edge of the known world.
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B.
Bay of Cádiz
The Bay of Cádiz is a natural harbor and coastal inlet in southwestern Spain, known for its strategic naval importance and proximity to the historic city of Cádiz.
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C.
Cabo das Tormentas
Cabo das Tormentas is the original Portuguese name for the Cape of Good Hope, a historically significant headland on South Africa’s Atlantic coast that marked a key milestone in early European sea routes to Asia.
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D.
Strait of Bonifacio
The Strait of Bonifacio is a narrow, often treacherous sea passage in the Mediterranean that separates the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and connects the Tyrrhenian Sea with the western Mediterranean.
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E.
Cabo de São Vicente
Cabo de São Vicente is a dramatic headland at the southwestern tip of mainland Portugal, known for its towering cliffs, historic lighthouse, and significance as a landmark of the Age of Discoveries.
- 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: Cape Spartel Target entity description: Cape Spartel is a prominent headland on the Atlantic coast of northern Morocco, marking the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar near Tangier.
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A.
Cape St. Vincent
Cape St. Vincent is a prominent headland at the southwestern tip of mainland Portugal, historically regarded as a key maritime landmark and once thought to be the edge of the known world.
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B.
Bay of Cádiz
The Bay of Cádiz is a natural harbor and coastal inlet in southwestern Spain, known for its strategic naval importance and proximity to the historic city of Cádiz.
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C.
Cabo das Tormentas
Cabo das Tormentas is the original Portuguese name for the Cape of Good Hope, a historically significant headland on South Africa’s Atlantic coast that marked a key milestone in early European sea routes to Asia.
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D.
Strait of Bonifacio
The Strait of Bonifacio is a narrow, often treacherous sea passage in the Mediterranean that separates the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and connects the Tyrrhenian Sea with the western Mediterranean.
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E.
Cabo de São Vicente
Cabo de São Vicente is a dramatic headland at the southwestern tip of mainland Portugal, known for its towering cliffs, historic lighthouse, and significance as a landmark of the Age of Discoveries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cape
ⓘ
headland ⓘ lighthouse ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Morocco ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Cap Spartel
ⓘ
Ras Spartel ⓘ |
| hasCoastalFeature |
beaches nearby
ⓘ
cliffs ⓘ |
| hasGeographicSignificance | western approach to the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| hasProtectionStatus | part of protected coastal area (national level, Morocco) ⓘ |
| hasStructure | Cape Spartel Lighthouse ⓘ |
| isImportantFor |
maritime navigation
ⓘ
shipping routes between Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| isNorthwestOf |
Tangier city center
ⓘ
linked to:
Tangier
|
| isWestOf | Gibraltar ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Arabic
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
northern Morocco
ⓘ
northwestern tip of Africa ⓘ region of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima ⓘ
linked to:
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region
|
| locatedNear |
Strait of Gibraltar
ⓘ
Tangier ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Atlantic coast of Morocco ⓘ Cape Spartel ⓘ |
| marks | entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar from the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| nearbyBodyOfWater | Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Tangier ⓘ |
| overlooks |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Strait of Gibraltar ⓘ |
| partOf | Atlantic coast of Africa ⓘ |
| tourism | popular viewpoint over Atlantic and Strait of Gibraltar ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cape Spartel Description of subject: Cape Spartel is a prominent headland on the Atlantic coast of northern Morocco, marking the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar near Tangier.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.