Inchkeith

E12119

island lighthouse tidal island

Inchkeith is a small, historically strategic island in Scotland’s Firth of Forth, known for its former military fortifications and lighthouse.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Inchkeith canonical	11
Inchkeith Island	3
Inchkeith Lighthouse	1
Isle of May	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	island ⓘ lighthouse ⓘ tidal island ⓘ
accessibleBy	boat ⓘ
area	approximately 0.4 square kilometres ⓘ
coordinateLocation	56.0167°N 3.1333°W ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
currentUse	occasional visits and tours ⓘ
designer	Robert Stevenson ⓘ
hasFauna	seabird colonies ⓘ
hasFortification	batteries and gun emplacements ⓘ
hasGeologicalType	volcanic origin ⓘ
hasHistoricUse	linguistic isolation experiment under James IV of Scotland ⓘ plague quarantine in the 15th–16th centuries ⓘ
hasLighthouse	Inchkeith self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Inchkeith Lighthouse
hasNearbyIsland	Cramond Island ⓘ Inchcolm ⓘ Inchmickery ⓘ
hasStructure	barracks ⓘ harbour ⓘ magazines ⓘ searchlight emplacements ⓘ
hasVegetation	grassland ⓘ
highestPoint	about 57 metres above sea level ⓘ
inception	1803 ⓘ
languageOfName	Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
locatedIn	Firth of Forth ⓘ North Sea ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Fife ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater	Firth of Forth ⓘ
locatedNear	Edinburgh ⓘ Kinghorn ⓘ Leith ⓘ
locatedOn	Inchkeith self-linksurface differs ⓘ
ownedBy	Northern Lighthouse Board (lighthouse and some land) ⓘ
partOf	Cramond Island ⓘ surface form: Islands of the Forth
strategicImportance	control of Firth of Forth shipping routes ⓘ
uninhabited	true ⓘ
usedDuringConflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War Napoleonic Wars ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
usedFor	coastal defence ⓘ lighthouse station ⓘ military fortifications ⓘ quarantine station ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Firth of Forth → hasIsland → Inchkeith ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isle of May

Inchkeith → hasLighthouse → Inchkeith self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inchkeith Lighthouse

Inchkeith → locatedOn → Inchkeith self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Inchkeith Lighthouse

Kinghorn → hasViewOf → Inchkeith ⓘ

Forth estuary → hasIsland → Inchkeith ⓘ

Firth of Forth region → contains → Inchkeith ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inchkeith Island

River Forth → hasEstuarineIslands → Inchkeith ⓘ

Inchcolm Island → nearbyIsland → Inchkeith ⓘ

Firth of Forth coastline → hasIsland → Inchkeith ⓘ

Outer Forth → hasPart → Inchkeith ⓘ

Inchkeith Lighthouse → locatedIn → Inchkeith ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inchkeith Island

Inchkeith Lighthouse → locatedOnIsland → Inchkeith ⓘ

Forth Islands → hasIsland → Inchkeith ⓘ

Islands of the Forth → hasIsland → Inchkeith ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inchkeith Island