Navassa Island Light
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Navassa Island Light is a historic lighthouse on the uninhabited Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea, built to aid navigation along busy shipping routes between the Americas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Navassa Island Light canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11161208 — 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: Navassa Island Light Context triple: [Navassa Island, hasLighthouse, Navassa Island Light]
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A.
Sand Island Light
Sand Island Light is a historic lighthouse located on Sand Island in Lake Superior, known for guiding ships through the Apostle Islands region of Wisconsin.
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B.
Wood Island Light
Wood Island Light is a historic lighthouse located on Wood Island off the coast of Maine, serving as a navigational aid at the entrance to Saco Bay.
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C.
Seguin Island Light
Seguin Island Light is a historic lighthouse located on Seguin Island off the coast of Maine, known for being one of the state’s oldest and tallest lights guiding ships in the Gulf of Maine.
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D.
Cana Island Lighthouse
Cana Island Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century lighthouse and popular maritime landmark located off the coast of Door County, Wisconsin.
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E.
St. Anastasia Island Lighthouse
St. Anastasia Island Lighthouse is a historic navigational beacon located on St. Anastasia Island off the coast of Bulgaria in the Black Sea.
- 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: Navassa Island Light Target entity description: Navassa Island Light is a historic lighthouse on the uninhabited Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea, built to aid navigation along busy shipping routes between the Americas.
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A.
Sand Island Light
Sand Island Light is a historic lighthouse located on Sand Island in Lake Superior, known for guiding ships through the Apostle Islands region of Wisconsin.
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B.
Wood Island Light
Wood Island Light is a historic lighthouse located on Wood Island off the coast of Maine, serving as a navigational aid at the entrance to Saco Bay.
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C.
Seguin Island Light
Seguin Island Light is a historic lighthouse located on Seguin Island off the coast of Maine, known for being one of the state’s oldest and tallest lights guiding ships in the Gulf of Maine.
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D.
Cana Island Lighthouse
Cana Island Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century lighthouse and popular maritime landmark located off the coast of Door County, Wisconsin.
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E.
St. Anastasia Island Lighthouse
St. Anastasia Island Lighthouse is a historic navigational beacon located on St. Anastasia Island off the coast of Bulgaria in the Black Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic lighthouse
ⓘ
lighthouse ⓘ |
| access | by boat only ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
shipping routes between Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea
ⓘ
shipping routes between Panama Canal and U.S. East Coast ⓘ |
| automated | 1929 ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial |
concrete
ⓘ
steel ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1901 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deactivated | 1996 ⓘ |
| focalHeight |
198 m
ⓘ
653 ft ⓘ |
| hasBalcony | yes ⓘ |
| hasLantern | yes ⓘ |
| height |
151 ft
ⓘ
46 m ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationReason | importance to maritime navigation in the Caribbean ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | listed as historic structure by the United States ⓘ |
| inception | 1904 ⓘ |
| isOnUninhabitedIsland | true ⓘ |
| lightCharacteristic | Fl W 15s ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Navassa Island National Wildlife Refuge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTerritory | Navassa Island (U.S. unincorporated territory) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Navassa Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnCoastOf | Haiti (nearby coast) ⓘ |
| locatedOnFeature | plateau on Navassa Island ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | United States Coast Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managingAgent | United States Coast Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marking | white tower ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Jacmel, Haiti
NERFINISHED
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Les Cayes, Haiti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatorAtConstruction | United States Lighthouse Service GENERATED ⓘ |
| partOf | United States aids to navigation system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerSource |
later solar power
ⓘ
originally kerosene ⓘ |
| purpose | aid to navigation ⓘ |
| range | 21 nmi ⓘ |
| region | Caribbean ⓘ |
| servesShippingRoutesBetween |
Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea
ⓘ
North America and South America ⓘ |
| status | inactive ⓘ |
| towerShape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern ⓘ |
| yearLit | 1904 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Navassa Island Light Description of subject: Navassa Island Light is a historic lighthouse on the uninhabited Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea, built to aid navigation along busy shipping routes between the Americas.
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