Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet
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The Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet is the northernmost and one of the most rapidly warming and changing portions of Antarctica’s ice cover, playing a key role in regional sea-level contributions and climate research.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet | 2 |
| Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16431266 — 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: Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet Context triple: [Antarctic Ice Sheet, hasPart, Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet]
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A.
Antarctic Ice Sheet
The Antarctic Ice Sheet is the vast, continent-spanning mass of glacial ice covering Antarctica, holding the majority of Earth’s freshwater and playing a critical role in global sea-level and climate regulation.
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B.
East Antarctic Ice Sheet
The East Antarctic Ice Sheet is the massive, ancient ice mass covering most of East Antarctica, containing the majority of the continent’s ice and a significant portion of the world’s freshwater.
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C.
Nansen Ice Sheet
The Nansen Ice Sheet is a coastal ice shelf in Antarctica bordering the western Ross Sea, known for its role in regional glaciology and climate studies.
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D.
Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf is one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves, fringing the southern Weddell Sea and playing a key role in the region’s glaciology and ocean circulation.
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E.
Amery Ice Shelf
The Amery Ice Shelf is one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves, a massive floating extension of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet that drains inland glaciers into the Southern 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: Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet Target entity description: The Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet is the northernmost and one of the most rapidly warming and changing portions of Antarctica’s ice cover, playing a key role in regional sea-level contributions and climate research.
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A.
Antarctic Ice Sheet
The Antarctic Ice Sheet is the vast, continent-spanning mass of glacial ice covering Antarctica, holding the majority of Earth’s freshwater and playing a critical role in global sea-level and climate regulation.
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B.
East Antarctic Ice Sheet
The East Antarctic Ice Sheet is the massive, ancient ice mass covering most of East Antarctica, containing the majority of the continent’s ice and a significant portion of the world’s freshwater.
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C.
Nansen Ice Sheet
The Nansen Ice Sheet is a coastal ice shelf in Antarctica bordering the western Ross Sea, known for its role in regional glaciology and climate studies.
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D.
Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf is one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves, fringing the southern Weddell Sea and playing a key role in the region’s glaciology and ocean circulation.
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E.
Amery Ice Shelf
The Amery Ice Shelf is one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves, a massive floating extension of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet that drains inland glaciers into the Southern Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet
linked to: Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet