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beacon

marker to attract attention (used for navigation, or in war as a signalling device, or as a signally device for natural disaster like fire)
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«Военная энциклопедия И. Д. Сытина». Том 4 (Санкт-Петербург; 1911). · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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beacon

Summary

beacon ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (697 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • beacon is a type of fixed construction[2].
  • beacon is a type of geographic location[3].
  • beacon is used for communication[4].
  • beacon's Commons category is recorded as Beacons[5].
  • beacon's sRGB color hex triplet is recorded as 8B4513[6].
  • beacon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Beacons[7].
  • beacon's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as man_made=beacon[8].
  • beacon's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
  • beacon's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • beacon's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • beacon's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[12].
  • beacon's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[13].
  • beacon's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[14].
  • beacon's described by source is recorded as Arkeologisen kulttuuriperinnön opas[15].
  • beacon's described by source is recorded as OpenSeaMap[16].
  • beacon's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • beacon's described by source is recorded as Kartographer icon[18].
  • beacon's different from is recorded as Baliza[19].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include fixed construction[2] and geographic location[3].

Use and Application

beacon is used for communication[4].

Why It Matters

beacon ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (697 views/month).[1] beacon has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] beacon is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . akp.nba.fi. Retrieved . akp.nba.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_beacon_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{beacon}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/beacon}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → fixed construction, geographic location
    Topic's main category → Category:Beacons
    Different from → Baliza
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 516, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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