Cape Bruny Lighthouse
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Cape Bruny Lighthouse is a historic coastal lighthouse on Tasmania’s Bruny Island, known as one of Australia’s oldest surviving lighthouses and a prominent maritime navigation landmark.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cape Bruny Lighthouse canonical | 2 |
| Lighthouse at Cape Bruny | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4590671 — 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 Bruny Lighthouse Context triple: [Bruny Island, hasLandmark, Cape Bruny Lighthouse]
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A.
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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B.
Milnerton Lighthouse
Milnerton Lighthouse is a coastal navigational beacon located on the shore of Table Bay near Cape Town, South Africa, known for guiding ships and offering scenic ocean and Table Mountain views.
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C.
Currie Lighthouse
Currie Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon located near the town of Currie on King Island, Tasmania, guiding ships through the treacherous waters of Bass Strait.
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D.
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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E.
Cape Wickham Lighthouse
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.
- 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 Bruny Lighthouse Target entity description: Cape Bruny Lighthouse is a historic coastal lighthouse on Tasmania’s Bruny Island, known as one of Australia’s oldest surviving lighthouses and a prominent maritime navigation landmark.
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A.
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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B.
Milnerton Lighthouse
Milnerton Lighthouse is a coastal navigational beacon located on the shore of Table Bay near Cape Town, South Africa, known for guiding ships and offering scenic ocean and Table Mountain views.
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C.
Currie Lighthouse
Currie Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon located near the town of Currie on King Island, Tasmania, guiding ships through the treacherous waters of Bass Strait.
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D.
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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E.
Cape Wickham Lighthouse
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heritage-listed lighthouse
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lighthouse ⓘ maritime navigation aid ⓘ |
| architect | John Lee Archer ⓘ |
| color | white ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1838 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1836 ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| currentUse |
heritage site
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tourist attraction ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1996 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
attached keeper’s quarters nearby
ⓘ
gallery balcony ⓘ lantern room ⓘ |
| height |
about 43 feet
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approximately 13 metres ⓘ |
| heritageStatus |
historic lighthouse
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listed on the Tasmanian Heritage Register ⓘ |
| inception | 1838 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Australia's southern coast
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Bruny Island ⓘ D'Entrecasteaux Channel ⓘ
linked to:
D’Entrecasteaux Channel
South Bruny National Park ⓘ Southern Ocean ⓘ Tasmania ⓘ continent of Australia ⓘ state of Tasmania ⓘ
linked to:
Tasmania
|
| locatedInTimeZone |
Australian Eastern Standard Time
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UTC+10 ⓘ UTC+11 during daylight saving time ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Lighthouse Bay
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South Bruny Island coastline ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Cape Bruny
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southern tip of Bruny Island ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania
ⓘ
linked to:
Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service
|
| materialUsed |
sandstone
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stone ⓘ |
| offers | guided tours ⓘ |
| officialOpeningDate | 1838-03-10 ⓘ |
| operator |
Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania
ⓘ
linked to:
Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service
|
| originalOperator |
Colonial Government of Van Diemen's Land
ⓘ
linked to:
Colonial Government of Tasmania
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| originalPurpose |
to guide ships navigating the D'Entrecasteaux Channel
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to improve maritime safety around southern Tasmania ⓘ to reduce shipwrecks on Tasmania’s south coast ⓘ |
| regionServed |
approaches to Hobart via D'Entrecasteaux Channel
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southern Tasmanian coastal waters ⓘ |
| shape | cylindrical tower ⓘ |
| significance |
important maritime navigation landmark in southern Tasmania
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one of the oldest surviving lighthouses in Australia ⓘ |
| status | decommissioned as an active lighthouse ⓘ |
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Subject: Cape Bruny Lighthouse Description of subject: Cape Bruny Lighthouse is a historic coastal lighthouse on Tasmania’s Bruny Island, known as one of Australia’s oldest surviving lighthouses and a prominent maritime navigation landmark.
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