The Needles Lighthouse

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aid to navigation lighthouse

The Needles Lighthouse is a prominent 19th-century lighthouse standing on a chalk stack off the western tip of the Isle of Wight, guiding ships through the treacherous waters of the English Channel.

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Label Occurrences
The Needles Lighthouse canonical 5

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aid to navigation ⓘ
lighthouse ⓘ
automated true ⓘ
automationDate 20th century ⓘ
category 19th-century lighthouse ⓘ
completionDate 1859 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1859 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
designedFor coastal navigation ⓘ
hasBalcony true ⓘ
hasFogSignal true ⓘ
hasLantern true ⓘ
hasMarking red and white tower ⓘ
hasShape cylindrical tower ⓘ
height about 108 feet ⓘ
about 33 metres ⓘ
heritageStatus listed building ⓘ
inception 1859 ⓘ
island Isle of Wight ⓘ
lightCharacteristic flashing white light ⓘ
locatedAtWesternTipOf Isle of Wight ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
English Channel ⓘ
Isle of Wight ⓘ
United Kingdom territorial waters ⓘ
locatedNear Alum Bay ⓘ
Needles Channel ⓘ
western entrance to the Solent ⓘ
locatedOff western tip of the Isle of Wight ⓘ
locatedOn The Needles ⓘ
locatedOnGeologicalFeature chalk stacks ⓘ
managingAgent Trinity House ⓘ
material granite ⓘ
namedAfter The Needles ⓘ
surface form: The Needles rock formation
navigatesWaterBody English Channel ⓘ
nearbySettlement Freshwater ⓘ
Totland ⓘ
operator Trinity House ⓘ
partOf maritime navigation system of the United Kingdom ⓘ
protectsShippingFrom treacherous waters around The Needles ⓘ
purpose to guide ships through the waters of the English Channel ⓘ
to warn shipping of The Needles rocks ⓘ
region South East England ⓘ
sea English Channel ⓘ
seaArea Solent approaches ⓘ
yearOfFirstLighting 1859 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

The Needles → hasNearby → The Needles Lighthouse ⓘ
The Needles → closestLighthouse → The Needles Lighthouse ⓘ
Lot’s Wife (collapsed stack) → associatedWith → The Needles Lighthouse ⓘ
Headon Warren → hasViewOf → The Needles Lighthouse ⓘ
The Needles Battery → locatedNear → The Needles Lighthouse ⓘ