New Eddystone Rock
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New Eddystone Rock is a dramatic volcanic basalt pillar rising from the waters of Alaska’s Behm Canal, noted as a prominent natural landmark within the Misty Fjords area.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| New Eddystone Rock canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8209456 — 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: New Eddystone Rock Context triple: [Misty Fjords National Monument, containsPart, New Eddystone Rock]
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A.
Eddystone Rocks
Eddystone Rocks are a hazardous group of rocks in the English Channel, southwest of Plymouth, historically notorious for shipwrecks and the succession of lighthouses built on them.
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B.
Newhaven Lighthouse
Newhaven Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon located at the entrance to Newhaven Harbour on the south coast of England.
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C.
Newport Lights
Newport Lights is a lighter-tar, lower-nicotine variant of the menthol cigarette brand Newport.
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D.
Inchcape Rock Lighthouse
Inchcape Rock Lighthouse is a historic offshore lighthouse on the treacherous Bell Rock in the North Sea, renowned as one of the world’s oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouses and a major feat of early 19th-century engineering.
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E.
New Dungeness Lighthouse
New Dungeness Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century navigational beacon located on the remote Dungeness Spit in the Strait of Juan de Fuca in Washington State, USA.
- 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: New Eddystone Rock Target entity description: New Eddystone Rock is a dramatic volcanic basalt pillar rising from the waters of Alaska’s Behm Canal, noted as a prominent natural landmark within the Misty Fjords area.
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A.
Eddystone Rocks
Eddystone Rocks are a hazardous group of rocks in the English Channel, southwest of Plymouth, historically notorious for shipwrecks and the succession of lighthouses built on them.
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B.
Newhaven Lighthouse
Newhaven Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon located at the entrance to Newhaven Harbour on the south coast of England.
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C.
Newport Lights
Newport Lights is a lighter-tar, lower-nicotine variant of the menthol cigarette brand Newport.
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D.
Inchcape Rock Lighthouse
Inchcape Rock Lighthouse is a historic offshore lighthouse on the treacherous Bell Rock in the North Sea, renowned as one of the world’s oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouses and a major feat of early 19th-century engineering.
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E.
New Dungeness Lighthouse
New Dungeness Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century navigational beacon located on the remote Dungeness Spit in the Strait of Juan de Fuca in Washington State, USA.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
natural monument
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sea stack ⓘ volcanic plug ⓘ |
| access | reachable only by boat or floatplane ⓘ |
| administrativeAuthority | U.S. Forest Service ⓘ |
| appearance |
steep-sided column of dark basalt
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supports sparse vegetation on its summit ⓘ |
| approximateCoordinates | 55.45°N 131.00°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| discoveredByEuropeans | George Vancouver ⓘ |
| distanceFromKetchikan | roughly 40 miles east of Ketchikan by water ⓘ |
| ecosystemRole | nesting and resting site for seabirds ⓘ |
| elevation |
about 237 feet above sea level
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about 72 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| environment | temperate rainforest coastal fjord system ⓘ |
| fallsWithin |
Tongass National Forest management area
ⓘ
linked to:
Tongass National Forest
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| featureType |
islet
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offshore rock pillar ⓘ |
| formationProcess | erosion-resistant volcanic plug left after surrounding material eroded away ⓘ |
| geologicalOrigin | volcanic ⓘ |
| hazardType | navigation hazard for marine traffic ⓘ |
| includedIn | Misty Fjords National Monument scenic attractions list ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alaska
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Behm Canal ⓘ Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska ⓘ
linked to:
Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Misty Fjords National Monument ⓘ Tongass National Forest ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| mapFeatureClass | pillar ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Eddystone Lighthouse off the coast of Cornwall, England
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linked to:
Eddystone Lighthouse
Eddystone Rocks ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Ketchikan, Alaska
ⓘ
linked to:
Ketchikan
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| notableFor |
dramatic vertical basalt pillar rising directly from the sea
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prominent navigation landmark in Behm Canal ⓘ |
| partOf |
Misty Fjords National Monument Wilderness
ⓘ
linked to:
Misty Fjords National Monument
|
| region |
Southeast Alaska
ⓘ
linked to:
Southeastern Alaska
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| rockType | basalt ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | Behm Canal waters ⓘ |
| surveyedBy | George Vancouver ⓘ |
| surveyYear | 1793 ⓘ |
| tourism | popular sightseeing stop on Misty Fjords boat tours ⓘ |
| USGSFeatureID | 1417280 ⓘ |
| visibility | highly visible landmark in Behm Canal ⓘ |
| withinProtectedArea |
Misty Fjords National Monument
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Tongass National Forest ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: New Eddystone Rock Description of subject: New Eddystone Rock is a dramatic volcanic basalt pillar rising from the waters of Alaska’s Behm Canal, noted as a prominent natural landmark within the Misty Fjords area.
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