Old Point Comfort
E180472
Old Point Comfort is a historic strategic promontory at the mouth of Hampton Roads in southeastern Virginia, long used as a coastal defense site and navigational landmark.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Old Point Comfort canonical | 5 |
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Target entity: Old Point Comfort Context triple: [Fort Monroe, Virginia, locatedOn, Old Point Comfort]
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Fort Barrancas
Fort Barrancas is a historic coastal defense fortification located within Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, notable for its role in U.S. military history and 19th-century masonry architecture.
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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.
Rock Harbor
Rock Harbor is a small lakeside settlement and primary visitor hub on Isle Royale in Lake Superior, offering lodging, marina services, and access to hiking and boating in Isle Royale National Park.
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D.
Fort Pickens
Fort Pickens is a historic 19th-century coastal defense fort on the western end of Santa Rosa Island that played a key role in the defense of Pensacola Bay and remained in Union hands throughout the American Civil War.
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E.
Saybrook Fort
Saybrook Fort was a 17th-century English colonial fortification in present-day Old Saybrook, Connecticut, built to protect settlers and control access to the Connecticut River.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Old Point Comfort Target entity description: Old Point Comfort is a historic strategic promontory at the mouth of Hampton Roads in southeastern Virginia, long used as a coastal defense site and navigational landmark.
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A.
Fort Barrancas
Fort Barrancas is a historic coastal defense fortification located within Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, notable for its role in U.S. military history and 19th-century masonry architecture.
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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.
Rock Harbor
Rock Harbor is a small lakeside settlement and primary visitor hub on Isle Royale in Lake Superior, offering lodging, marina services, and access to hiking and boating in Isle Royale National Park.
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D.
Fort Pickens
Fort Pickens is a historic 19th-century coastal defense fort on the western end of Santa Rosa Island that played a key role in the defense of Pensacola Bay and remained in Union hands throughout the American Civil War.
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E.
Saybrook Fort
Saybrook Fort was a 17th-century English colonial fortification in present-day Old Saybrook, Connecticut, built to protect settlers and control access to the Connecticut River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic location
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historic site ⓘ promontory ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Hampton
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surface form:
City of Hampton
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| associatedWithEvent | arrival of first recorded Africans in English North America in 1619 vicinity ⓘ |
| associatedWithFort |
Fort Monroe, Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Fort Monroe
|
| associatedWithWar |
American Civil War
ⓘ
War of 1812 ⓘ |
| category |
Headlands of Virginia
ⓘ
History of Hampton, Virginia ⓘ Landforms of Hampton, Virginia ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasCoordinateLatitude | 36.9667 ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLongitude | -76.3042 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
low-lying peninsula
ⓘ
sandy point ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
harbor defense position
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military outpost ⓘ navigation aid ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole |
harbor entrance guardian
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strategic military site ⓘ |
| hasHistoricUseSince | 17th century ⓘ |
| hasLighthouse | Old Point Comfort Lighthouse ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named by English colonists in early 17th century ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Fort Monroe, Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Fort Monroe
Old Point Comfort Lighthouse ⓘ |
| locatedAtMouthOf | Hampton Roads ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hampton
ⓘ
Hampton Roads ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Virginia ⓘ Southeastern Virginia ⓘ
surface form:
southeastern Virginia
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| locatedOn | Chesapeake Bay ⓘ |
| mouthOf |
Elizabeth River
ⓘ
James River ⓘ Nansemond River ⓘ |
| near |
Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel
ⓘ
Newport News, Virginia ⓘ
surface form:
Newport News
Norfolk ⓘ |
| overlooks |
Hampton Roads estuary
ⓘ
surface form:
Chesapeake Bay entrance
Hampton Roads estuary ⓘ
surface form:
Hampton Roads harbor
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| partOf | Fort Monroe National Monument ⓘ |
| region | Tidewater Virginia ⓘ |
| state | Virginia ⓘ |
| usedAs |
coastal defense site
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navigational landmark ⓘ |
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Subject: Old Point Comfort Description of subject: Old Point Comfort is a historic strategic promontory at the mouth of Hampton Roads in southeastern Virginia, long used as a coastal defense site and navigational landmark.
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