Graveyard of the Atlantic
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The "Graveyard of the Atlantic" is a treacherous stretch of ocean off North Carolina’s Outer Banks notorious for its shifting shoals, violent storms, and thousands of shipwrecks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Graveyard of the Atlantic canonical | 5 |
| Graveyard of the Atlantic region | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17146194 — 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: Graveyard of the Atlantic Context triple: [Atlantic coast of North Carolina, nicknamed, Graveyard of the Atlantic]
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A.
Nantucket Shoals
Nantucket Shoals is a hazardous, shallow offshore area of shifting sandbars and strong currents located off the coast of Massachusetts in the Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
Scapa Bay
Scapa Bay is a sheltered bay on the south coast of Orkney Mainland in Scotland, historically significant as part of the Royal Navy’s Scapa Flow anchorage during both World Wars.
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C.
Dogger Bank
Dogger Bank is a large, shallow sandbank in the North Sea known for its rich fishing grounds and significance for offshore wind energy development.
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D.
Mill Reef
Mill Reef was a legendary American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse famed for his dominant performances in major European middle-distance races in the early 1970s.
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E.
Black Rock
Black Rock is a small unincorporated community in Millard County, Utah, historically associated with regional transportation routes and rural settlement.
- 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: Graveyard of the Atlantic Target entity description: The "Graveyard of the Atlantic" is a treacherous stretch of ocean off North Carolina’s Outer Banks notorious for its shifting shoals, violent storms, and thousands of shipwrecks.
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A.
Nantucket Shoals
Nantucket Shoals is a hazardous, shallow offshore area of shifting sandbars and strong currents located off the coast of Massachusetts in the Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
Scapa Bay
Scapa Bay is a sheltered bay on the south coast of Orkney Mainland in Scotland, historically significant as part of the Royal Navy’s Scapa Flow anchorage during both World Wars.
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C.
Dogger Bank
Dogger Bank is a large, shallow sandbank in the North Sea known for its rich fishing grounds and significance for offshore wind energy development.
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D.
Mill Reef
Mill Reef was a legendary American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse famed for his dominant performances in major European middle-distance races in the early 1970s.
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E.
Black Rock
Black Rock is a small unincorporated community in Millard County, Utah, historically associated with regional transportation routes and rural settlement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Graveyard of the Atlantic
linked to: Graveyard of the Atlantic