Flannan Isles Lighthouse
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Flannan Isles Lighthouse is a remote Scottish lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides, best known for the mysterious 1900 disappearance of its three keepers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Flannan Isles Lighthouse canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flannan Isles Lighthouse Context triple: [David Alan Stevenson, designed, Flannan Isles Lighthouse]
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A.
Currie Lighthouse
Currie Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon located near the town of Currie on King Island, Tasmania, guiding ships through the treacherous waters of Bass Strait.
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B.
Bressay Lighthouse
Bressay Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon on the island of Bressay in Shetland, Scotland, guiding ships entering Lerwick Harbour since the mid-19th century.
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C.
Mull of Galloway Lighthouse
Mull of Galloway Lighthouse is a historic coastal lighthouse situated at the southernmost point of Scotland, overlooking the Irish Sea and serving as a prominent navigational landmark.
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D.
Isle of May Lighthouse
The Isle of May Lighthouse is a historic Scottish lighthouse on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth, known for guiding maritime traffic and its association with early lighthouse engineering.
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E.
Cape St Blaize Lighthouse
Cape St Blaize Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon in Mossel Bay, South Africa, known for guiding ships along the southern Cape coast and offering scenic ocean views.
- 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: Flannan Isles Lighthouse Target entity description: Flannan Isles Lighthouse is a remote Scottish lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides, best known for the mysterious 1900 disappearance of its three keepers.
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A.
Currie Lighthouse
Currie Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon located near the town of Currie on King Island, Tasmania, guiding ships through the treacherous waters of Bass Strait.
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B.
Bressay Lighthouse
Bressay Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon on the island of Bressay in Shetland, Scotland, guiding ships entering Lerwick Harbour since the mid-19th century.
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C.
Mull of Galloway Lighthouse
Mull of Galloway Lighthouse is a historic coastal lighthouse situated at the southernmost point of Scotland, overlooking the Irish Sea and serving as a prominent navigational landmark.
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D.
Isle of May Lighthouse
The Isle of May Lighthouse is a historic Scottish lighthouse on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth, known for guiding maritime traffic and its association with early lighthouse engineering.
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E.
Cape St Blaize Lighthouse
Cape St Blaize Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon in Mossel Bay, South Africa, known for guiding ships along the southern Cape coast and offering scenic ocean views.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building
ⓘ
lighthouse ⓘ |
| access | only by boat or helicopter ⓘ |
| archipelago | Flannan Isles ⓘ |
| automated | true ⓘ |
| automationDate | 1971 ⓘ |
| builder | Northern Lighthouse Board ⓘ |
| constructionEndDate | 1899 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1895 ⓘ |
| coordinates | approximately 58.3°N 7.6°W ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Charles Alexander Stevenson
ⓘ
David Alan Stevenson ⓘ |
| distanceFromIsleOfLewis | about 20 miles ⓘ |
| event | disappearance of keepers in December 1900 ⓘ |
| firstLit | 1899 ⓘ |
| fogSignal | present historically ⓘ |
| function | aid to navigation ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
attached keeper’s houses
ⓘ
cylindrical tower ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | Category A listed building ⓘ |
| height |
23 metres
ⓘ
75 feet ⓘ |
| inception | 1899 ⓘ |
| keeperDisappearanceDate | December 1900 ⓘ |
| keeperDisappearanceNumberOfMen | 3 ⓘ |
| keeperDisappearanceStatus | unsolved ⓘ |
| lanternColor | white ⓘ |
| lightCharacteristic | flashing white ⓘ |
| lightRange | about 20 nautical miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Outer Hebrides ⓘ |
| locatedInWaterBody | North Atlantic ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Eilean Mòr ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf | Isle of Lewis ⓘ |
| managedBy | Northern Lighthouse Board ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Flannan Isles ⓘ |
| notableFor | mysterious disappearance of three lighthouse keepers in 1900 ⓘ |
| operator | Northern Lighthouse Board ⓘ |
| paintColor | unpainted stone tower ⓘ |
| powerSource |
later converted to electricity
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originally paraffin ⓘ |
| region |
Na h-Eileanan Siar
ⓘ
linked to:
Highlands and Islands
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| roofColor | black ⓘ |
| sea |
North Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
linked to:
North Atlantic
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| subjectOf |
poem "Flannan Isle" by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
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radio dramas and documentaries ⓘ various books on maritime mysteries ⓘ |
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Subject: Flannan Isles Lighthouse Description of subject: Flannan Isles Lighthouse is a remote Scottish lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides, best known for the mysterious 1900 disappearance of its three keepers.
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