Old Point Comfort Lighthouse
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Old Point Comfort Lighthouse is a historic navigational beacon in Hampton, Virginia, notable as one of the oldest continuously operating lighthouses on the Chesapeake Bay.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Old Point Comfort Lighthouse canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7802858 — 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: Old Point Comfort Lighthouse Context triple: [Old Point Comfort, hasStructure, Old Point Comfort Lighthouse]
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A.
St. Augustine Lighthouse
The St. Augustine Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century lighthouse and maritime museum on Anastasia Island, renowned as an iconic symbol of St. Augustine’s coastal heritage and one of the oldest surviving aids to navigation in the United States.
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B.
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay, notable as one of the earliest federally funded public works in the United States.
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C.
Cape Lookout Lighthouse
Cape Lookout Lighthouse is a historic, black-and-white diamond-patterned coastal beacon on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, renowned for guiding ships through the treacherous waters of the Cape Lookout Shoals.
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D.
Crown Point Lighthouse
Crown Point Lighthouse is a historic navigational beacon on Lake Champlain in New York, notable for its early 20th-century memorial tower design and role in guiding maritime traffic.
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E.
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is a historic black-and-white spiral-striped beacon on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, renowned as one of the tallest and most iconic brick lighthouses in the United States.
- 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: Old Point Comfort Lighthouse Target entity description: Old Point Comfort Lighthouse is a historic navigational beacon in Hampton, Virginia, notable as one of the oldest continuously operating lighthouses on the Chesapeake Bay.
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A.
St. Augustine Lighthouse
The St. Augustine Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century lighthouse and maritime museum on Anastasia Island, renowned as an iconic symbol of St. Augustine’s coastal heritage and one of the oldest surviving aids to navigation in the United States.
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B.
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay, notable as one of the earliest federally funded public works in the United States.
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C.
Cape Lookout Lighthouse
Cape Lookout Lighthouse is a historic, black-and-white diamond-patterned coastal beacon on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, renowned for guiding ships through the treacherous waters of the Cape Lookout Shoals.
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D.
Crown Point Lighthouse
Crown Point Lighthouse is a historic navigational beacon on Lake Champlain in New York, notable for its early 20th-century memorial tower design and role in guiding maritime traffic.
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E.
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is a historic black-and-white spiral-striped beacon on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, renowned as one of the tallest and most iconic brick lighthouses in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic place
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lighthouse ⓘ navigational aid ⓘ |
| access | viewable from Fort Monroe grounds ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Fort Monroe National Monument ⓘ |
| automated | yes ⓘ |
| automationYear | 1930s ⓘ |
| builder | United States government ⓘ |
| category |
Lighthouses in Virginia
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Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia ⓘ Transportation buildings and structures in Hampton, Virginia ⓘ |
| city | Hampton ⓘ |
| constructionStartYear | 1802 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county | Hampton ⓘ |
| currentUse | active aid to navigation ⓘ |
| era | Early Federal period ⓘ |
| focalHeight |
about 18 meters
ⓘ
about 58 feet ⓘ |
| function | guides vessels entering Chesapeake Bay ⓘ |
| height |
54 feet
ⓘ
about 16 meters ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic lighthouse ⓘ |
| historicSignificance | early 19th-century American lighthouse ⓘ |
| isOneOf | oldest continuously operating lighthouses on the Chesapeake Bay ⓘ |
| laterIllumination | Fresnel lens ⓘ |
| lightCharacteristic | flashing white ⓘ |
| listedOn | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| locatedOn |
Chesapeake Bay
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Old Point Comfort ⓘ |
| locatedWithin |
Fort Monroe
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linked to:
Fort Monroe, Virginia
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| location |
Hampton, Virginia
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linked to:
Hampton, Virginia, United States
|
| managedBy | United States Coast Guard ⓘ |
| marking | white tower with black lantern ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| near | Hampton Roads ⓘ |
| nrhpListingYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| nrhpReferenceNumber | 73002219 ⓘ |
| originalIllumination | oil lamps with reflectors ⓘ |
| overlooks | entrance to Hampton Roads ⓘ |
| ownedBy | United States Coast Guard ⓘ |
| range | about 14 nautical miles ⓘ |
| region | Tidewater Virginia ⓘ |
| state | Virginia ⓘ |
| towerShape | conical tower ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1803 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Point Comfort Lighthouse Description of subject: Old Point Comfort Lighthouse is a historic navigational beacon in Hampton, Virginia, notable as one of the oldest continuously operating lighthouses on the Chesapeake Bay.
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