Gough Island
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Gough Island is a remote, uninhabited volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, renowned for its rugged terrain and globally important seabird colonies.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gough Island canonical | 5 |
| Gough and Inaccessible Islands | 4 |
| Gough | 2 |
| Gough and Inaccessible Islands World Heritage Site | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T519080 — 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.
Target entity: Gough Island Context triple: [Tristan da Cunha, includesIslandGroup, Gough Island]
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Tristan da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha is a remote volcanic island group in the South Atlantic Ocean, known as one of the world’s most isolated inhabited archipelagos and a British Overseas Territory.
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South Orkney Islands
The South Orkney Islands are a remote, largely glaciated sub-Antarctic archipelago in the Southern Ocean, known for their scientific research stations and overlapping territorial claims by the United Kingdom and Chile.
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Inaccessible Island
Inaccessible Island is a remote, uninhabited volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, renowned for its rugged terrain, rich seabird colonies, and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is a remote, British-administered sub-Antarctic archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean known for its rugged terrain, rich wildlife, and historical whaling stations.
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E.
Kerguelen Islands
The Kerguelen Islands are a remote, sub-Antarctic French archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean, known for their harsh climate, rugged volcanic landscape, and scientific research stations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Gough Island Target entity description: Gough Island is a remote, uninhabited volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, renowned for its rugged terrain and globally important seabird colonies.
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A.
Tristan da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha is a remote volcanic island group in the South Atlantic Ocean, known as one of the world’s most isolated inhabited archipelagos and a British Overseas Territory.
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B.
South Orkney Islands
The South Orkney Islands are a remote, largely glaciated sub-Antarctic archipelago in the Southern Ocean, known for their scientific research stations and overlapping territorial claims by the United Kingdom and Chile.
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C.
Inaccessible Island
Inaccessible Island is a remote, uninhabited volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, renowned for its rugged terrain, rich seabird colonies, and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is a remote, British-administered sub-Antarctic archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean known for its rugged terrain, rich wildlife, and historical whaling stations.
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E.
Kerguelen Islands
The Kerguelen Islands are a remote, sub-Antarctic French archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean, known for their harsh climate, rugged volcanic landscape, and scientific research stations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Important Bird Area
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UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ subantarctic island ⓘ volcanic island ⓘ |
| access | only by ship ⓘ |
| area | approximately 65 square kilometres ⓘ |
| breedingSiteFor |
Atlantic petrel
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Gough bunting ⓘ Gough moorhen ⓘ Tristan albatross ⓘ great shearwater ⓘ Eudyptes ⓘ
surface form:
northern rockhopper penguin
sooty albatross ⓘ |
| climate |
cool oceanic climate
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wet and windy ⓘ |
| conservationAction | rodent eradication planning ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Portuguese sailors ⓘ |
| discoveryCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| distanceTo |
about 350 km southeast of Tristan da Cunha
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over 2,000 km from the nearest continent ⓘ |
| elevationMax | approximately 910 metres ⓘ |
| endemicSpecies |
Gough bunting
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Gough moorhen ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
coastal cliffs
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mountainous interior ⓘ peat bogs ⓘ steep cliffs ⓘ tussock grasslands ⓘ |
| hasPermanentCivilianPopulation | false ⓘ |
| hasResearchStation | true ⓘ |
| hasStatus | nature reserve ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Edinburgh Peak ⓘ |
| importantFor |
albatross conservation
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seabird breeding ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
South Atlantic
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surface form:
South Atlantic Ocean
South Temperate Zone ⓘ Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charles Gough ⓘ |
| origin | volcanic ⓘ |
| partOf |
British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
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Tristan da Cunha ⓘ |
| permanentHarbour | false ⓘ |
| protectedAs |
Gough Island
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Gough and Inaccessible Islands World Heritage Site
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| recognizedFor |
globally important seabird colonies
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pristine subantarctic ecosystem ⓘ |
| researchStationOperatedBy | South African National Antarctic Programme ⓘ |
| sovereignState | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| terrain | rugged ⓘ |
| threatenedBy | invasive house mice ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| uninhabited | true ⓘ |
| usedFor |
conservation research
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meteorological observations ⓘ seabird research ⓘ |
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Subject: Gough Island Description of subject: Gough Island is a remote, uninhabited volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, renowned for its rugged terrain and globally important seabird colonies.
Referenced by (12)
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