Cape Henry

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Cape Henry is a prominent headland in Virginia at the southern entrance to Chesapeake Bay, historically known as the landing site of the first English colonists who founded Jamestown.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Cape Henry canonical 3
Cape Henry Memorial 1
Cape Henry, Virginia 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cape ⓘ
headland ⓘ
administeredInPartBy National Park Service ⓘ
associatedWithColony Jamestown ⓘ
associatedWithCompany Virginia Company of London ⓘ
associatedWithWar American Civil War ⓘ
American Revolutionary War ⓘ
battleNearby Battle of the Capes (1781 naval battle off the Virginia Capes) ⓘ
climate humid subtropical ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
countyBeforeCityConsolidation Princess Anne County, Virginia ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans English explorers ⓘ
firstEnglishLandingSiteInRegion yes ⓘ
forms southern boundary of the entrance to Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
formsEntranceWith Cape Charles ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Cape Henry Historic District ⓘ
hasMemorial First Landing Cross ⓘ
hasStructure Cape Henry Lighthouse (Old Cape Henry Lighthouse) ⓘ
New Cape Henry Lighthouse ⓘ
historicDistrictDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
historicDistrictDesignationYear 1964 ⓘ
landingDate 26 April 1607 ⓘ
landingPartyLeader Captain Christopher Newport ⓘ
lighthouseFunction aids navigation at the entrance to Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
locatedIn City of Virginia Beach ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
locatedInOrNear southern entrance to Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
memorialCommemorates 1607 English landing ⓘ
namedAfter Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales ⓘ
nearbyProtectedArea Cape Henry Memorial (Colonial National Historical Park unit) ⓘ
First Landing State Park ⓘ
newLighthouseCompletionYear 1881 ⓘ
newLighthouseHeight about 157 feet ⓘ
newLighthouseMaterial cast-iron ⓘ
notableEvent landing of the first permanent English colonists in Virginia in 1607 ⓘ
oldLighthouseCompletionYear 1792 ⓘ
oldLighthouseHeight about 90 feet ⓘ
oldLighthouseMaterial aquia sandstone ⓘ
oppositeOf Cape Charles ⓘ
partOf Hampton Roads region ⓘ
linked to: Hampton Roads
primaryEcosystem coastal dune and maritime forest ⓘ
region Mid-Atlantic United States ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic states
state Virginia ⓘ
strategicImportance controls access to Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads ⓘ
usedIn coastal defense of the United States ⓘ
withinOrAdjacentTo Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek–Fort Story ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Story → locatedAt → Cape Henry ⓘ
National Park Service areas in Virginia → hasPart → Cape Henry Memorial ⓘ
linked to: Cape Henry
Seashore State Park → near → Cape Henry ⓘ
Jamestown Colony ships → arrivalRegion → Cape Henry, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Cape Henry