Hooper Strait Lighthouse
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Hooper Strait Lighthouse is a historic screw-pile lighthouse from the Chesapeake Bay, preserved as a museum exhibit showcasing 19th-century maritime navigation and coastal life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hooper Strait Lighthouse canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6434598 — 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: Hooper Strait Lighthouse Context triple: [Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, hasExhibit, Hooper Strait Lighthouse]
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A.
Pilot Island Light
Pilot Island Light is a historic lighthouse located on Pilot Island off the tip of Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula, long used to guide ships through the treacherous waters of Lake Michigan near Death’s Door passage.
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B.
Cape Sarichef Lighthouse
Cape Sarichef Lighthouse is a historic navigational beacon located on the remote western tip of Unimak Island in Alaska’s Aleutian chain, guiding vessels through the treacherous waters of the Bering Sea and North Pacific.
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C.
Cape Schanck Lighthouse
Cape Schanck Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century coastal lighthouse on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, known for its dramatic cliff-top setting and maritime heritage.
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D.
Eastern Point Lighthouse
Eastern Point Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon in Gloucester, Massachusetts, guiding ships at the entrance to Gloucester Harbor on the Atlantic Ocean.
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E.
Wind Point Lighthouse
Wind Point Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century lighthouse on Lake Michigan in Wisconsin, known as one of the oldest and tallest active lighthouses on the Great Lakes.
- 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: Hooper Strait Lighthouse Target entity description: Hooper Strait Lighthouse is a historic screw-pile lighthouse from the Chesapeake Bay, preserved as a museum exhibit showcasing 19th-century maritime navigation and coastal life.
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A.
Pilot Island Light
Pilot Island Light is a historic lighthouse located on Pilot Island off the tip of Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula, long used to guide ships through the treacherous waters of Lake Michigan near Death’s Door passage.
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B.
Cape Sarichef Lighthouse
Cape Sarichef Lighthouse is a historic navigational beacon located on the remote western tip of Unimak Island in Alaska’s Aleutian chain, guiding vessels through the treacherous waters of the Bering Sea and North Pacific.
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C.
Cape Schanck Lighthouse
Cape Schanck Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century coastal lighthouse on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, known for its dramatic cliff-top setting and maritime heritage.
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D.
Eastern Point Lighthouse
Eastern Point Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon in Gloucester, Massachusetts, guiding ships at the entrance to Gloucester Harbor on the Atlantic Ocean.
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E.
Wind Point Lighthouse
Wind Point Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century lighthouse on Lake Michigan in Wisconsin, known as one of the oldest and tallest active lighthouses on the Great Lakes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic structure
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lighthouse ⓘ museum exhibit ⓘ screw-pile lighthouse ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | screw-pile foundation ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum collection ⓘ |
| category |
Lighthouses in Maryland
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Maritime museums in Maryland ⓘ Screw-pile lighthouses in the United States ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | preserved ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| currentUse |
educational display
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museum exhibit ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exhibits |
artifacts related to Chesapeake Bay maritime trades
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artifacts related to lighthouse keeping ⓘ |
| function | aid to navigation ⓘ |
| hasPart |
gallery deck
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keeper’s quarters ⓘ lantern room ⓘ screw-pile foundation ⓘ |
| hasView | Chesapeake Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVisitorAccess | yes ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic lighthouse ⓘ |
| locatedAt | Hooper Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chesapeake Bay
NERFINISHED
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Maryland ⓘ St. Michaels, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedOnWaterbody | Chesapeake Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | wood ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
United States Coast Guard
NERFINISHED
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United States Lighthouse Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerSource | originally oil lamp ⓘ |
| preservedAs | museum exhibit ⓘ |
| significance |
cultural heritage site of Maryland
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example of screw-pile lighthouse engineering ⓘ representation of 19th-century Chesapeake Bay navigation ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
exhibitions on 19th-century maritime navigation
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exhibitions on Chesapeake Bay coastal life ⓘ |
| topic |
coastal life in the 19th century
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maritime history of the Chesapeake Bay ⓘ |
| typeOfLight | fixed light ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aiding coastal shipping
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maritime navigation ⓘ warning vessels of shallow waters ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Hooper Strait Lighthouse Description of subject: Hooper Strait Lighthouse is a historic screw-pile lighthouse from the Chesapeake Bay, preserved as a museum exhibit showcasing 19th-century maritime navigation and coastal life.
Referenced by (2)
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