Little Egg Inlet
E1035370
Little Egg Inlet is a tidal waterway on the New Jersey coast that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the back-barrier bays and marshes near the southern end of Long Beach Island.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Little Egg Inlet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13230994 — 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: Little Egg Inlet Context triple: [Barnegat Bay, hasInlet, Little Egg Inlet]
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A.
Great Egg Harbor Inlet
Great Egg Harbor Inlet is a tidal inlet on the Atlantic coast of New Jersey that connects the Atlantic Ocean with Great Egg Harbor Bay and separates the barrier islands near Longport.
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B.
Shinnecock Inlet
Shinnecock Inlet is a tidal strait on the South Fork of Long Island that connects Shinnecock Bay to the Atlantic Ocean and serves as an important navigation and fishing channel.
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C.
Hutchinson River inlet
Hutchinson River inlet is a narrow tidal waterway in the Bronx, New York City, that forms part of the Hutchinson River’s mouth and separates City Island from the mainland.
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D.
Manasquan Inlet
Manasquan Inlet is a navigable waterway on the New Jersey coast that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the inland waters near Barnegat Bay and the Manasquan River.
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E.
Rockaway Inlet
Rockaway Inlet is a tidal strait in New York City that separates the Rockaway Peninsula from Brooklyn and connects Jamaica Bay with the Atlantic Ocean.
- 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: Little Egg Inlet Target entity description: Little Egg Inlet is a tidal waterway on the New Jersey coast that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the back-barrier bays and marshes near the southern end of Long Beach Island.
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A.
Great Egg Harbor Inlet
Great Egg Harbor Inlet is a tidal inlet on the Atlantic coast of New Jersey that connects the Atlantic Ocean with Great Egg Harbor Bay and separates the barrier islands near Longport.
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B.
Shinnecock Inlet
Shinnecock Inlet is a tidal strait on the South Fork of Long Island that connects Shinnecock Bay to the Atlantic Ocean and serves as an important navigation and fishing channel.
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C.
Hutchinson River inlet
Hutchinson River inlet is a narrow tidal waterway in the Bronx, New York City, that forms part of the Hutchinson River’s mouth and separates City Island from the mainland.
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D.
Manasquan Inlet
Manasquan Inlet is a navigable waterway on the New Jersey coast that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the inland waters near Barnegat Bay and the Manasquan River.
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E.
Rockaway Inlet
Rockaway Inlet is a tidal strait in New York City that separates the Rockaway Peninsula from Brooklyn and connects Jamaica Bay with the Atlantic Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic feature
ⓘ
tidal inlet ⓘ waterway ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Long Beach Island
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southern end of Long Beach Island ⓘ |
| connectsBodyOfWater |
Atlantic Ocean
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Great Bay (New Jersey) ⓘ back-barrier bays of southern Long Beach Island ⓘ coastal marshes near southern Long Beach Island ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| ecologicalRole | connection between ocean and estuarine marshes ⓘ |
| hasClimateZone | humid subtropical to warm temperate coastal climate ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
aids to navigation
ⓘ
buoyed channel (intermittent or shifting) ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalCharacteristic | tidal ⓘ |
| hasNavigationalHazard |
breaking surf
ⓘ
shifting sandbars ⓘ shoaling ⓘ |
| hasNearbyIsland | Little Beach Island (barrier island area) ⓘ |
| hasRecreation |
angling
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birdwatching in adjacent marshes ⓘ boating ⓘ |
| hasSedimentProcess | active inlet migration and shoal formation ⓘ |
| hasWaterType | saltwater ⓘ |
| isPartOfCoastalFeature | barrier island–back-barrier bay system of New Jersey ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atlantic County, New Jersey
ⓘ
Mid-Atlantic region of the United States ⓘ New Jersey ⓘ
linked to:
New Jersey, United States
Ocean County, New Jersey ⓘ |
| locatedOnCoastOf | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | United States Coast Guard ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
Beach Haven, New Jersey
ⓘ
Little Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey ⓘ Tuckerton, New Jersey ⓘ |
| partOf |
New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway region
ⓘ
linked to:
Waterways of New Jersey
New Jersey coastal lagoon system ⓘ |
| region | Jersey Shore ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
Atlantic hurricanes
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coastal storms ⓘ nor’easters ⓘ |
| supportsEcosystem |
estuarine fish and shellfish populations
ⓘ
salt marsh habitat ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial fishing access
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navigation ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ sport fishing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Little Egg Inlet Description of subject: Little Egg Inlet is a tidal waterway on the New Jersey coast that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the back-barrier bays and marshes near the southern end of Long Beach Island.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.