Eddystone Rocks

E324900

hazard to navigation rock formation

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Eddystone Rocks canonical	1
Inchcape Rock	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hazard to navigation ⓘ rock formation ⓘ
category	Lighthouse rock formations ⓘ Reefs of the English Channel ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
distanceFromPlymouth	about 12 nautical miles ⓘ about 14.5 kilometres ⓘ about 9 statute miles ⓘ
firstLighthouseCompletion	1698 ⓘ
firstLighthouseConstructionStart	1696 ⓘ
firstLighthouseDesigner	Henry Winstanley ⓘ
firstLighthouseDestroyedIn	1703 Great Storm ⓘ
fourthLighthouseAutomation	1982 ⓘ
fourthLighthouseCompletion	1882 ⓘ
fourthLighthouseDesigner	James Douglass ⓘ
fourthLighthouseStatus	active ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem	WGS84 ⓘ
hasFeature	breaking seas in bad weather ⓘ submerged rocks ⓘ
hasLighthouse	Eddystone Lighthouse ⓘ surface form: Eddystone Lighthouse (first) Eddystone Lighthouse ⓘ surface form: Eddystone Lighthouse (fourth) Eddystone Lighthouse ⓘ surface form: Eddystone Lighthouse (second) Eddystone Lighthouse (third lighthouse) ⓘ surface form: Eddystone Lighthouse (third)
hasMaritimeChartReference	Admiralty charts for English Channel ⓘ
hasNameOrigin	possibly from Old English or Celtic roots ⓘ
hasStructureHistory	succession of four major lighthouses ⓘ
knownSince	at least 16th century ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ English Channel ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf	Devon ⓘ
locatedSouthwestOf	Plymouth ⓘ
managedBy	Trinity House ⓘ
navigationAuthority	Trinity House ⓘ
nearbyPort	Plymouth ⓘ
notableFor	Eddystone Lighthouse ⓘ shipwrecks ⓘ
partOf	coastal waters of England ⓘ
riskLevel	high for shipping ⓘ
seaArea	Western Approaches ⓘ
secondLighthouseCompletion	1709 ⓘ
secondLighthouseDesigner	John Rudyerd ⓘ
secondLighthouseDestroyedIn	1755 fire ⓘ
thirdLighthouseCompletion	1759 ⓘ
thirdLighthouseCurrentLocation	Plymouth Hoe ⓘ
thirdLighthouseDecommissioned	1882 ⓘ
thirdLighthouseDesigner	John Smeaton ⓘ
thirdLighthouseInnovation	interlocking stone blocks ⓘ
thirdLighthouseMaterial	stone ⓘ
usedFor	marking approach to Plymouth Sound ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Smeaton's Tower → originalLocation → Eddystone Rocks ⓘ

Inchcape → alsoKnownAs → Eddystone Rocks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inchcape Rock