Point Wilson

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Point Wilson is a headland on the northeastern tip of the Quimper Peninsula in Washington State, marking the entrance to Puget Sound near Port Townsend.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Point Wilson canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic feature ⓘ
headland ⓘ
adjacentTo Admiralty Inlet ⓘ
administrativeDivision Jefferson County ⓘ
belongsTo United States Coast Guard District 13 navigation area ⓘ
category Headlands of Washington State ⓘ
Landforms of Jefferson County, Washington ⓘ
climate marine west coast climate ⓘ
coastType rocky headland ⓘ
coordinatesApprox 48.135°N 122.753°W ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
ecoregion Puget Lowland forests ⓘ
geologicalSetting glacially shaped peninsula ⓘ
hasHazard frequent fog ⓘ
strong tidal currents ⓘ
hasStructure Point Wilson Lighthouse ⓘ
hasViewOf Cascade Range ⓘ
Olympic Mountains ⓘ
historicalUse military coastal defense observation point ⓘ
lightedBy Point Wilson Lighthouse ⓘ
locatedAtNorthernTipOf Quimper Peninsula ⓘ
locatedIn Jefferson County, Washington ⓘ
Washington State ⓘ
linked to: Washington
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Fort Worden Historical State Park ⓘ
Port Townsend, Washington ⓘ
locatedOn Quimper Peninsula ⓘ
locatedOnWaterBody Puget Sound ⓘ
Strait of Juan de Fuca ⓘ
linked to: Juan de Fuca Strait
marksEntranceTo Admiralty Inlet ⓘ
Puget Sound ⓘ
nearbyCity Port Townsend ⓘ
nearbyMilitarySite Fort Worden ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody Port Townsend Bay ⓘ
nearestHarbor Port Townsend Harbor ⓘ
notableFor historic lighthouse ⓘ
strategic location at entrance to Puget Sound ⓘ
ocean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Salish Sea region ⓘ
linked to: Salish Sea
popularFor beachcombing ⓘ
birdwatching ⓘ
storm watching ⓘ
region Pacific Northwest ⓘ
shoreType mixed sand and gravel beaches ⓘ
stateParkNearby Fort Worden Historical State Park ⓘ
usedFor maritime navigation ⓘ
navigation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Point Wilson Lighthouse → locatedOn → Point Wilson ⓘ
Port Townsend Bay → hasNearbyLandmark → Point Wilson ⓘ