Cape Wickham Lighthouse
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Cape Wickham Lighthouse is a historic, tall stone lighthouse on King Island in Bass Strait, Australia, known for guiding ships through one of the country's most treacherous maritime passages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cape Wickham Lighthouse canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4478914 — 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 Wickham Lighthouse Context triple: [King Island, hasLighthouse, Cape Wickham Lighthouse]
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A.
Cape Willoughby Lighthouse
Cape Willoughby Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon on the eastern tip of Kangaroo Island in South Australia, known as the state's first lighthouse and a prominent maritime navigation aid.
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B.
Morant Point Lighthouse
Morant Point Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon in Jamaica that marks the island’s easternmost point and aids maritime navigation in the Caribbean Sea.
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C.
Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse
Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon and popular visitor site located on the rugged Cape Naturaliste headland in Western Australia’s South West.
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D.
Kiama Lighthouse
Kiama Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon in Kiama, New South Wales, Australia, known for guiding ships along the South Coast and serving as a popular scenic and heritage landmark.
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E.
Yamba Lighthouse
Yamba Lighthouse is a coastal navigational beacon in Yamba, New South Wales, Australia, guiding vessels at the mouth of the Clarence River.
- 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 Wickham Lighthouse Target entity description: Cape Wickham Lighthouse is a historic, tall stone lighthouse on King Island in Bass Strait, Australia, known for guiding ships through one of the country's most treacherous maritime passages.
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A.
Cape Willoughby Lighthouse
Cape Willoughby Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon on the eastern tip of Kangaroo Island in South Australia, known as the state's first lighthouse and a prominent maritime navigation aid.
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B.
Morant Point Lighthouse
Morant Point Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon in Jamaica that marks the island’s easternmost point and aids maritime navigation in the Caribbean Sea.
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C.
Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse
Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon and popular visitor site located on the rugged Cape Naturaliste headland in Western Australia’s South West.
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D.
Kiama Lighthouse
Kiama Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon in Kiama, New South Wales, Australia, known for guiding ships along the South Coast and serving as a popular scenic and heritage landmark.
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E.
Yamba Lighthouse
Yamba Lighthouse is a coastal navigational beacon in Yamba, New South Wales, Australia, guiding vessels at the mouth of the Clarence River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heritage-listed lighthouse
ⓘ
lighthouse ⓘ |
| associatedWith | shipwrecks in Bass Strait ⓘ |
| automated | yes ⓘ |
| automatedSince | 1918 ⓘ |
| builtBy | Colonial Government of Tasmania ⓘ |
| builtDuring | Victorian era ⓘ |
| category | 19th-century lighthouse in Australia ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1861 ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | stone ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1857 ⓘ |
| constructionTechnique | coursed stone masonry ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| currentStatus | active lighthouse ⓘ |
| designedBy | Tasmanian public works engineers ⓘ |
| focalHeight | about 85 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| hasBalcony | yes ⓘ |
| hasLantern | yes ⓘ |
| height |
48 metres
ⓘ
about 157 feet ⓘ |
| heritageStatus |
listed on the Commonwealth Heritage List
ⓘ
listed on the Tasmanian Heritage Register ⓘ |
| historicSignificance | important aid to navigation in one of Australia’s most dangerous sea passages ⓘ |
| is |
one of the tallest lighthouses in the Southern Hemisphere
ⓘ
tallest lighthouse in Australia ⓘ |
| lightCharacteristic | flashing white light ⓘ |
| lightRange | about 24 nautical miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Bass Strait ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Cape Wickham
ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Wickham headland
|
| location | King Island ⓘ |
| managingAgent | Australian Maritime Safety Authority ⓘ |
| marking | unpainted stone tower ⓘ |
| navigationArea | western approaches to Bass Strait ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
Cape Wickham Links golf course
ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Wickham Links
|
| notableFor | being the tallest stone lighthouse in Australia ⓘ |
| officialLightingDate | 1861-11-01 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| originalLensType | first-order Fresnel lens ⓘ |
| ownership | Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ |
| powerSource | solar power ⓘ |
| purpose |
to guide ships through Bass Strait
ⓘ
to warn ships of hazards around King Island ⓘ |
| region | north of King Island ⓘ |
| state | Tasmania ⓘ |
| tourism | popular tourist attraction on King Island ⓘ |
| towerShape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern ⓘ |
| yearLit | 1861 ⓘ |
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Subject: Cape Wickham Lighthouse Description of subject: Cape Wickham Lighthouse is a historic, tall stone lighthouse on King Island in Bass Strait, Australia, known for guiding ships through one of the country's most treacherous maritime passages.
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