Norderney Lighthouse
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Norderney Lighthouse is a historic brick lighthouse on the German North Sea island of Norderney, serving as a prominent navigational aid and popular tourist landmark.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Norderney Lighthouse canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7013207 — 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: Norderney Lighthouse Context triple: [Norderney, hasAttraction, Norderney Lighthouse]
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A.
Warnemünde Lighthouse
Warnemünde Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon and popular tourist attraction located at the entrance to the harbor of Rostock’s seaside district Warnemünde on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast.
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B.
Lindau lighthouse
Lindau lighthouse is a historic 19th-century lighthouse on Lake Constance in Bavaria, Germany, known for marking the entrance to Lindau’s harbor alongside the iconic Bavarian Lion sculpture.
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C.
Old Lighthouse Borkum
Old Lighthouse Borkum is a historic brick lighthouse on the German North Sea island of Borkum, known as one of the island’s most prominent maritime landmarks and viewpoints.
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D.
Dueodde Lighthouse
Dueodde Lighthouse is a prominent coastal beacon on the Danish island of Bornholm, known for guiding ships near the sandy beaches and dunes of the Dueodde area.
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E.
Hirtshals Lighthouse
Hirtshals Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon in northern Denmark, known for guiding ships in the Skagerrak Strait and offering panoramic views of the surrounding seascape.
- 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: Norderney Lighthouse Target entity description: Norderney Lighthouse is a historic brick lighthouse on the German North Sea island of Norderney, serving as a prominent navigational aid and popular tourist landmark.
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A.
Warnemünde Lighthouse
Warnemünde Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon and popular tourist attraction located at the entrance to the harbor of Rostock’s seaside district Warnemünde on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast.
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B.
Lindau lighthouse
Lindau lighthouse is a historic 19th-century lighthouse on Lake Constance in Bavaria, Germany, known for marking the entrance to Lindau’s harbor alongside the iconic Bavarian Lion sculpture.
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C.
Old Lighthouse Borkum
Old Lighthouse Borkum is a historic brick lighthouse on the German North Sea island of Borkum, known as one of the island’s most prominent maritime landmarks and viewpoints.
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D.
Dueodde Lighthouse
Dueodde Lighthouse is a prominent coastal beacon on the Danish island of Bornholm, known for guiding ships near the sandy beaches and dunes of the Dueodde area.
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E.
Hirtshals Lighthouse
Hirtshals Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon in northern Denmark, known for guiding ships in the Skagerrak Strait and offering panoramic views of the surrounding seascape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heritage structure
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lighthouse ⓘ navigational aid ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| automationStatus | automated ⓘ |
| color | red ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | brick ⓘ |
| constructionStartYear | 1871 ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| focalHeight | about 59 metres ⓘ |
| function |
coastal navigation
ⓘ
landfall light ⓘ |
| hasBalcony | yes ⓘ |
| hasGallery | yes ⓘ |
| hasLantern | yes ⓘ |
| hasStaircase | internal staircase ⓘ |
| height |
54.6 metres
ⓘ
about 55 metres ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | listed building ⓘ |
| historicSignificance | one of the oldest surviving lighthouses on the East Frisian Islands ⓘ |
| lightCharacteristic | Fl(3) W 20s ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Frisia
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Lower Saxony ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Wadden Sea ⓘ |
| locatedNear | shipping lanes of the German Bight ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
German North Sea coast
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German North Sea island of Norderney ⓘ North Sea ⓘ |
| location | Norderney ⓘ |
| managedBy | Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Emden ⓘ |
| material | brick ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Norderney town
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linked to:
Norderney
|
| numberOfSteps | approximately 250 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operator | Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Emden ⓘ |
| originalLightSource | oil lamp ⓘ |
| powerSource | electric light ⓘ |
| range | about 22 nautical miles ⓘ |
| region | East Frisian Islands ⓘ |
| servesAs | navigational aid in the German Bight ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
| tourism | popular tourist attraction ⓘ |
| towerShape | tapered cylindrical tower ⓘ |
| usedAs |
observation tower
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tourist viewpoint ⓘ |
| view | panoramic view over Norderney and the Wadden Sea ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1874 ⓘ |
| yearLit | 1874 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Norderney Lighthouse Description of subject: Norderney Lighthouse is a historic brick lighthouse on the German North Sea island of Norderney, serving as a prominent navigational aid and popular tourist landmark.
Referenced by (1)
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