Cape Finisterre
E719446
Cape Finisterre is a rocky headland on Spain’s Atlantic coast in Galicia, long regarded as the “end of the world” and a traditional extension of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cape Finisterre canonical | 5 |
| Cape Fisterra | 4 |
| Finisterre | 3 |
| Cabo Finisterre | 1 |
| Cabo Fisterra | 1 |
| Cape Finisterre promontory | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8206798 — 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: Cape Finisterre Context triple: [Costa da Morte, locatedNear, Cape Finisterre]
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A.
Cape Ortegal
Cape Ortegal is a prominent headland on the northwestern coast of Spain in Galicia, known for its rugged cliffs and strategic position facing the Atlantic Ocean and the Bay of Biscay.
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B.
Cabo das Tormentas
Cabo das Tormentas is the original Portuguese name for the Cape of Good Hope, a historically significant headland on South Africa’s Atlantic coast that marked a key milestone in early European sea routes to Asia.
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C.
Cabo de São Vicente
Cabo de São Vicente is a dramatic headland at the southwestern tip of mainland Portugal, known for its towering cliffs, historic lighthouse, and significance as a landmark of the Age of Discoveries.
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D.
Cape Trafalgar
Cape Trafalgar is a prominent headland on the southwestern coast of Spain, near the Strait of Gibraltar, historically significant as the site off whose shores the famous 1805 naval Battle of Trafalgar was fought.
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E.
Cape Spartel
Cape Spartel is a prominent headland on the Atlantic coast of northern Morocco, marking the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar near Tangier.
- 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: Cape Finisterre Target entity description: Cape Finisterre is a rocky headland on Spain’s Atlantic coast in Galicia, long regarded as the “end of the world” and a traditional extension of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route.
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A.
Cape Ortegal
Cape Ortegal is a prominent headland on the northwestern coast of Spain in Galicia, known for its rugged cliffs and strategic position facing the Atlantic Ocean and the Bay of Biscay.
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B.
Cabo das Tormentas
Cabo das Tormentas is the original Portuguese name for the Cape of Good Hope, a historically significant headland on South Africa’s Atlantic coast that marked a key milestone in early European sea routes to Asia.
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C.
Cabo de São Vicente
Cabo de São Vicente is a dramatic headland at the southwestern tip of mainland Portugal, known for its towering cliffs, historic lighthouse, and significance as a landmark of the Age of Discoveries.
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D.
Cape Trafalgar
Cape Trafalgar is a prominent headland on the southwestern coast of Spain, near the Strait of Gibraltar, historically significant as the site off whose shores the famous 1805 naval Battle of Trafalgar was fought.
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E.
Cape Spartel
Cape Spartel is a prominent headland on the Atlantic coast of northern Morocco, marking the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar near Tangier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cape
ⓘ
headland ⓘ |
| administrativeMunicipality | Fisterra municipality ⓘ |
| climate | oceanic climate ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| distanceFromSantiagoDeCompostela | approximately 90 km west ⓘ |
| etymology | from Latin finis terrae meaning end of the earth ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedMythology | linked to pre-Christian sun-worship rituals ⓘ |
| hasCulturalTradition |
pilgrims burn clothing or boots at the cape
ⓘ
pilgrims watch sunset at the cape ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalCharacteristic | rocky headland ⓘ |
| hasLighthouse | Cape Finisterre Lighthouse ⓘ |
| hasMaritimeSignificance | important point for shipping routes off northwest Spain ⓘ |
| hasMaximumElevation | about 238 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage |
Cabo Finisterre
ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Finisterre
Cabo Fisterra ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Finisterre
Finisterre ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Finisterre
|
| hasNearbyCity | Santiago de Compostela ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Bay of Biscay (to the north, regionally connected)
ⓘ
linked to:
Bay of Biscay
|
| hasNearbyPort | Fisterra ⓘ |
| hasPopularActivity |
hiking
ⓘ
photography ⓘ sunset viewing ⓘ |
| hasUNLOCODE |
ESFIS (for nearby port of Fisterra)
ⓘ
linked to:
Port of A Coruña
|
| hasViewOf | Atlantic Ocean horizon ⓘ |
| historicalBelief | considered westernmost point of known world in Roman times ⓘ |
| isExtensionOf | Camino de Santiago ⓘ |
| isTerminusOf |
Camino de Finisterre
ⓘ
linked to:
Camino Finisterre-Muxía
|
| knownAs | end of the world ⓘ |
| languageRegion | Galician-speaking area ⓘ |
| lighthouseInaugurated | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| lighthouseLocatedOn | Monte Facho ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Galicia
ⓘ
Province of A Coruña ⓘ northwestern Spain ⓘ
linked to:
northwest Spain
|
| locatedOn | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| near |
town of Fisterra
ⓘ
linked to:
Fisterra
|
| notableFor |
dangerous seas and shipwrecks
ⓘ
dramatic cliffs ⓘ |
| oceanographicRegion | eastern North Atlantic ⓘ |
| partOf |
Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula
ⓘ
Costa da Morte ⓘ |
| region |
Rías Baixas area (broadly defined)
ⓘ
linked to:
Rías Baixas
|
| religiousSignificance | traditional pilgrimage destination ⓘ |
| tourismType |
coastal tourism
ⓘ
pilgrimage tourism ⓘ |
| usedAs | navigational reference point ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Cape Finisterre Description of subject: Cape Finisterre is a rocky headland on Spain’s Atlantic coast in Galicia, long regarded as the “end of the world” and a traditional extension of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cape Finisterre
linked to: Cape Finisterre
linked to: Cape Finisterre
linked to: Cape Finisterre
linked to: Cape Finisterre
subject linked to:
Fisterra
linked to: Cape Finisterre
linked to: Cape Finisterre
linked to: Cape Finisterre
linked to: Cape Finisterre
linked to: Cape Finisterre