Old Point Comfort

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic location
historic site
promontory
administeredBy Hampton
surface form: City of Hampton
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
military outpost
navigation aid
hasHistoricalRole harbor entrance guardian
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
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
partOf Fort Monroe National Monument
region Tidewater Virginia
state Virginia
usedAs coastal defense site
navigational landmark

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Fort Monroe, Virginia locatedOn Old Point Comfort
Hampton hasHistoricSite Old Point Comfort
Freedom’s Fortress near Old Point Comfort
Fortress Monroe nearbyLandmark Old Point Comfort
Casemate Museum near Old Point Comfort