Morant Point

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geographic location headland lighthouse small islands

Morant Point is the easternmost tip of mainland Jamaica, known for its historic lighthouse and coastal scenery.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Morant Point Lighthouse	0
Morant Cays	0

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographic location ⓘ headland ⓘ lighthouse ⓘ small islands ⓘ
category	Extreme points of Jamaica ⓘ Headlands of Jamaica ⓘ Lighthouses in Jamaica ⓘ
coastType	exposed ocean coast ⓘ
coordinateLatitude	approximately 17.9°N ⓘ
coordinateLongitude	approximately 76.2°W ⓘ
country	Jamaica ⓘ Jamaica ⓘ
directionalExtreme	easternmost point of mainland Jamaica ⓘ
distanceToCapital	approximately 60 km east of Kingston ⓘ
extremePointOf	Jamaica ⓘ
function	aid to navigation ⓘ
hasClimate	tropical climate ⓘ
hasStructure	Morant Point Lighthouse ⓘ
hazard	offshore reefs and shoals ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic lighthouse ⓘ
knownFor	coastal scenery ⓘ historic lighthouse ⓘ
locatedAt	Morant Point self-linksurface differs ⓘ
locatedEastOf	Morant Point self-linksurface differs ⓘ
locatedIn	St. Thomas Parish, Jamaica ⓘ surface form: St Thomas Parish, Jamaica St. Thomas Parish, Jamaica ⓘ surface form: St Thomas Parish, Jamaica
locatedOn	Caribbean Sea ⓘ Caribbean Sea ⓘ south coast of Jamaica ⓘ
marking	eastern approach to Jamaica ⓘ
navigationRole	landfall point for ships approaching from the east ⓘ
nearbyIslandGroup	Morant Cays ⓘ
oceanView	Caribbean Sea horizon ⓘ
partOf	Jamaica ⓘ surface form: island of Jamaica
region	southeastern Jamaica ⓘ
terrainFeature	low-lying coastal land ⓘ rocky shoreline ⓘ
tourismActivity	coastal photography ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ
usedFor	maritime navigation reference ⓘ
waterBody	Caribbean Sea ⓘ

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

Parish of St. Thomas in the East → containsGeographicFeature → Morant Point ⓘ

Saint Thomas Parish → hasCoastalFeature → Morant Point ⓘ

Port Morant → hasNearbyFeature → Morant Point ⓘ

Morant Point → locatedAt → Morant Point self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Morant Point Lighthouse

Morant Point → locatedEastOf → Morant Point self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Morant Cays