Sangley Point

E363947

military installation peninsula

Sangley Point is a peninsula in Cavite, Philippines, historically significant as a former U.S. naval base and now used for Philippine military and aviation facilities.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Sangley Point canonical	3
Sangley Point Naval Base	2
Cavite la Punta	1
Sangley Point peninsula	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3503871 — 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: Sangley Point
Context triple: [Cavite, contains, Sangley Point]

A. Subic Bay
Subic Bay is a deep, strategically important bay on the western coast of Luzon in the Philippines, historically known for its major U.S. naval base and now a key commercial and industrial hub.
B. Bajo de Masinloc
Bajo de Masinloc is a disputed South China Sea atoll, internationally known as Scarborough Shoal, claimed by both the Philippines and China for its strategic location and rich fishing grounds.
C. Daanbantayan
Daanbantayan is a northern coastal municipality in the Philippine province of Cebu known as a gateway to popular diving and beach destinations like Malapascua Island.
D. Barrigada
Barrigada is a central village on the island of Guam that serves as a key residential and transportation hub.
E. Port of Mariveles
The Port of Mariveles is a key maritime gateway and commercial harbor located in Mariveles, serving as one of the primary ports in the province of Bataan in the Philippines.
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: Sangley Point
Target entity description: Sangley Point is a peninsula in Cavite, Philippines, historically significant as a former U.S. naval base and now used for Philippine military and aviation facilities.

A. Subic Bay
Subic Bay is a deep, strategically important bay on the western coast of Luzon in the Philippines, historically known for its major U.S. naval base and now a key commercial and industrial hub.
B. Bajo de Masinloc
Bajo de Masinloc is a disputed South China Sea atoll, internationally known as Scarborough Shoal, claimed by both the Philippines and China for its strategic location and rich fishing grounds.
C. Daanbantayan
Daanbantayan is a northern coastal municipality in the Philippine province of Cebu known as a gateway to popular diving and beach destinations like Malapascua Island.
D. Barrigada
Barrigada is a central village on the island of Guam that serves as a key residential and transportation hub.
E. Port of Mariveles
The Port of Mariveles is a key maritime gateway and commercial harbor located in Mariveles, serving as one of the primary ports in the province of Bataan in the Philippines.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military installation ⓘ peninsula ⓘ
adjacentTo	Manila Bay ⓘ surface form: Manila Bay shipping lanes
controlledBy	Philippine Navy ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
formerlyUsedBy	United States Armed Forces ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
geographicFeature	low-lying peninsula ⓘ
hasAccessMode	causeway from Cavite City ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Naval Station Sangley Point ⓘ Sangley Point ⓘ surface form: Sangley Point Naval Base
hasFacility	Danilo Atienza Air Base ⓘ Cavite Naval Base (Sangley Point) ⓘ surface form: Naval Base Cavite Philippine Navy shipyard ⓘ Sangley Point Airport ⓘ
hasFunction	air base ⓘ airport ⓘ logistics hub ⓘ naval base ⓘ
hasRunwaySurface	concrete ⓘ
historicalEra	American colonial period ⓘ Spanish colonial period ⓘ World War II ⓘ
historicalUse	U.S. naval base ⓘ communications station ⓘ seaplane base ⓘ
isPlannedFor	development as an international airport ⓘ expanded commercial aviation use ⓘ
locatedIn	Cavite City ⓘ Province of Cavite ⓘ surface form: Cavite Province Luzon ⓘ Manila Bay ⓘ
nearbyCity	Cavite City ⓘ Manila ⓘ
ownedBy	Philippine government ⓘ surface form: Government of the Philippines
partOf	Cavite City peninsula ⓘ surface form: Cavite Peninsula
strategicLocation	entrance of Manila Bay ⓘ
usedBy	Philippine Air Force ⓘ Philippine Navy ⓘ Philippine government ⓘ
usedFor	air operations ⓘ coastal surveillance ⓘ maintenance of naval vessels ⓘ maritime defense ⓘ training ⓘ
wasSiteOf	Cavite Naval Base (Sangley Point) ⓘ surface form: Cavite Naval Yard Cavite Naval Base (Sangley Point) ⓘ surface form: Philippine Navy headquarters facilities Cavite Naval Base (Sangley Point) ⓘ surface form: U.S. Naval Station Sangley Point

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Cavite → contains → Sangley Point ⓘ

Cavite Naval Base (Sangley Point) → locatedOn → Sangley Point ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sangley Point peninsula

Cavite Naval Base (Sangley Point) → hasAlternateName → Sangley Point ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sangley Point Naval Base

Cavite City → formerName → Sangley Point ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cavite la Punta

Cavite City → hasMilitaryFacility → Sangley Point ⓘ

Sangley Point → hasAlternativeName → Sangley Point ⓘ