Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

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National Wildlife Refuge protected area

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge is a vast protected area in Alaska encompassing thousands of remote islands, cliffs, and coastal habitats that support some of the world’s largest seabird colonies and diverse marine wildlife.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge canonical	30
Aleutian Islands Unit of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge	3
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (portions)	1
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Aleutian Islands Unit	1
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge unit	1
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge–Bering Sea Unit	1
Gulf of Alaska Unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge	1
St. Lazaria Island unit of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1091514 — 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: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Context triple: [Chamisso Island, partOf, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge]

A. Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge is a coastal U.S. wildlife refuge in Oregon that protects numerous offshore rocks, islands, and reefs critical for seabird nesting and marine mammal habitat.
B. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a vast, remote protected area in northeastern Alaska known for its pristine tundra ecosystems, rich wildlife, and ongoing debates over oil and gas development.
C. Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge
Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge is a protected coastal habitat in Massachusetts established to conserve seabird nesting areas and other wildlife on and around Thacher Island.
D. Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge
Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge is a protected sanctuary in Nevada that primarily safeguards one of the largest nesting colonies of American white pelicans and other colonial waterbirds.
E. Chukchi Sea Unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
The Chukchi Sea Unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge is a protected coastal and marine area in northwestern Alaska that conserves critical Arctic habitats and wildlife, including seabird nesting sites and marine mammal feeding grounds.
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: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Target entity description: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge is a vast protected area in Alaska encompassing thousands of remote islands, cliffs, and coastal habitats that support some of the world’s largest seabird colonies and diverse marine wildlife.

A. Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge is a coastal U.S. wildlife refuge in Oregon that protects numerous offshore rocks, islands, and reefs critical for seabird nesting and marine mammal habitat.
B. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a vast, remote protected area in northeastern Alaska known for its pristine tundra ecosystems, rich wildlife, and ongoing debates over oil and gas development.
C. Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge
Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge is a protected coastal habitat in Massachusetts established to conserve seabird nesting areas and other wildlife on and around Thacher Island.
D. Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge
Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge is a protected sanctuary in Nevada that primarily safeguards one of the largest nesting colonies of American white pelicans and other colonial waterbirds.
E. Chukchi Sea Unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
The Chukchi Sea Unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge is a protected coastal and marine area in northwestern Alaska that conserves critical Arctic habitats and wildlife, including seabird nesting sites and marine mammal feeding grounds.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ protected area ⓘ
access	by small aircraft to some areas ⓘ primarily by boat ⓘ
administeredBy	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ⓘ
allows	environmental education ⓘ wildlife viewing ⓘ wildlife-dependent recreation ⓘ
area	about 19,800 square kilometers ⓘ about 4,900,000 acres ⓘ
borders	Arctic Ocean ⓘ Bering Sea ⓘ Chukchi Sea ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
comprises	beaches ⓘ cliffs ⓘ coastal headlands ⓘ coastal wetlands ⓘ rocky shorelines ⓘ sea stacks ⓘ thousands of islands ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
established	1980 ⓘ
establishedBy	Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ
governingBody	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ⓘ
habitatFor	Steller sea lion ⓘ northern fur seal ⓘ sea otter ⓘ seals ⓘ walrus ⓘ whales ⓘ
hasPart	Aleutian Islands Unit ⓘ linked to: Aleutian Islands Arctic Unit ⓘ Bering Sea Unit ⓘ linked to: Bering Sea Chukchi Sea Unit ⓘ Gulf of Alaska Unit ⓘ linked to: Gulf of Alaska
headquartersLocation	Homer, Alaska ⓘ
hosts	auklets ⓘ cormorants ⓘ kittiwakes ⓘ millions of nesting seabirds ⓘ murres ⓘ puffins ⓘ
iucnCategory	IV ⓘ
knownFor	one of the largest seabird refuges in the world ⓘ
locatedIn	Alaska ⓘ Aleutian Islands ⓘ Arctic Ocean ⓘ Bering Sea ⓘ Chukchi Sea ⓘ Gulf of Alaska ⓘ
partOf	National Wildlife Refuge System ⓘ
protects	coastal ecosystems ⓘ marine mammals ⓘ seabird colonies ⓘ
purpose	conservation of marine mammals ⓘ conservation of seabirds ⓘ protection of marine ecosystems ⓘ

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Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chamisso Island → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Southwestern Alaska → contains → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (portions) ⓘ

subject linked to: southwestern Alaska

linked to: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

Near Islands → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Near Islands → partOf → Aleutian Islands Unit of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

linked to: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

Sitka Sound → hasWildlifeRefuge → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Sitka Sound → hasProtectedArea → St. Lazaria Island unit of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

linked to: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

Islands of Four Mountains → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Mount Bogoslof → isPartOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Chukchi Sea Unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Aleutian Islands World War II National Monument components within Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Kiska Island → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Amchitka Island → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Atka Island → hasProtectedArea → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Atka Island → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Aleutian Islands Unit ⓘ

linked to: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

Tanaga Island → locatedIn → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Agattu Island → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Agattu Island → partOf → Aleutian Islands Unit of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

linked to: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

Alaid Island → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Alaska Maritime region → hasConservationArea → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Saint Paul Island → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Saint George Island → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Walrus Island → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Bogoslof Wilderness → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Bogoslof Wilderness → region → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge–Bering Sea Unit ⓘ

linked to: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

Aleutian Islands World War II National Monument → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Chukchi Sea Unit → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Arctic Unit → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Kiska Volcano → locatedIn → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

St. Lazaria Island → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

St. Lazaria Island → partOf → Gulf of Alaska Unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

linked to: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

St. Lazaria Island → hasLegalDesignation → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge unit ⓘ

linked to: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

Cape Sarichef Lighthouse → locatedInNationalWildlifeRefuge → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Seguam Island → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

National Wildlife Refuge System in Alaska → contains → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Amukta Island → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Chagulak Island → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

Chagulak Island → partOf → Aleutian Islands Unit of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

linked to: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

St. George Island → locatedIn → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

St. George Island → partOf → Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

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