Beagle conflict
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The Beagle conflict was a territorial dispute between Argentina and Chile over islands and maritime boundaries in the Beagle Channel at the southern tip of South America.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beagle conflict canonical | 5 |
| Beagle conflict crisis | 1 |
| Beagle conflict with Chile | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Beagle conflict Context triple: [Argentina–Chile border, hasDispute, Beagle conflict]
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Battle of the Border
The Battle of the Border was the opening series of engagements between German and Polish forces at the start of the 1939 invasion of Poland, marking the beginning of World War II in Europe.
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Border War
Border War is a historic college sports rivalry primarily between the University of Missouri and the University of Kansas, spanning multiple sports and rooted in longstanding regional and cultural tensions.
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Forage War
The Forage War was a series of small-scale skirmishes and raids in early 1777 during the American Revolutionary War, in which American forces harassed British and Hessian troops in New Jersey to disrupt their supply lines and weaken their control of the region.
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Bore War
The "Bore War" is a colloquial nickname for the early World War II period known as the Phoney War, when little actual fighting occurred on the Western Front despite the state of war.
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E.
Devolution War
The Devolution War was a 1667–1668 conflict in which France, under Louis XIV, fought Spain over claims to the Spanish Netherlands, testing French military strength and European diplomatic alliances.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Beagle conflict Target entity description: The Beagle conflict was a territorial dispute between Argentina and Chile over islands and maritime boundaries in the Beagle Channel at the southern tip of South America.
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A.
Battle of the Border
The Battle of the Border was the opening series of engagements between German and Polish forces at the start of the 1939 invasion of Poland, marking the beginning of World War II in Europe.
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B.
Border War
Border War is a historic college sports rivalry primarily between the University of Missouri and the University of Kansas, spanning multiple sports and rooted in longstanding regional and cultural tensions.
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C.
Forage War
The Forage War was a series of small-scale skirmishes and raids in early 1777 during the American Revolutionary War, in which American forces harassed British and Hessian troops in New Jersey to disrupt their supply lines and weaken their control of the region.
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D.
Bore War
The "Bore War" is a colloquial nickname for the early World War II period known as the Phoney War, when little actual fighting occurred on the Western Front despite the state of war.
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E.
Devolution War
The Devolution War was a 1667–1668 conflict in which France, under Louis XIV, fought Spain over claims to the Spanish Netherlands, testing French military strength and European diplomatic alliances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
border dispute
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international conflict ⓘ territorial dispute ⓘ |
| affectedRegion |
Cape Horn Archipelago
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Horn area
Tierra del Fuego region ⓘ
surface form:
Tierra del Fuego archipelago
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| arbitratedBy | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| arbitrationAwardDate | 1977 ⓘ |
| arbitrationOutcome | award largely in favor of Chile ⓘ |
| argentinaReactionToAward | rejected arbitration award in 1978 ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
Argentina
ⓘ
Chile ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Argentina
ⓘ
Chile ⓘ |
| disputeOver |
Lennox Island
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Nueva Island ⓘ Picton Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Snipe Islet ⓘ islands in the Beagle Channel ⓘ maritime boundaries in the Beagle Channel ⓘ |
| endTime | 1984 ⓘ |
| geopoliticalContext |
Cold War
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surface form:
Cold War era in South America
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| languageOfParties | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Beagle Channel
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southern tip of South America ⓘ |
| longTermImpact |
establishment of stable maritime boundaries in the Beagle Channel
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improved Argentina–Chile relations ⓘ |
| mediatedBy | Pope John Paul II ⓘ |
| mediationStartTime | 1978 ⓘ |
| militaryDimension |
naval deployments by Argentina
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naval deployments by Chile ⓘ |
| partOf |
Argentina–Chile border
ⓘ
surface form:
Argentina–Chile border disputes
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| peaceTreatyDate | 1984 ⓘ |
| peaceTreatySignedIn | Vatican City ⓘ |
| peakTension | December 1978 ⓘ |
| primaryLegalInstruments |
1977 Beagle Channel Arbitration Award
ⓘ
Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 ⓘ
surface form:
1984 Treaty of Peace and Friendship
Boundary treaties between Argentina and Chile ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Operation Soberanía ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Southern Cone geopolitics ⓘ |
| resolvedBy | diplomatic negotiation ⓘ |
| result |
allocation of Picton, Nueva and Lennox Islands to Chile
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definitive delimitation of the Beagle Channel boundary ⓘ maritime boundary regime in the southern tip of South America ⓘ |
| risked | armed conflict between Argentina and Chile ⓘ |
| settledBy |
Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 between Chile and Argentina
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surface form:
Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Argentina and Chile
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| significantEscalation |
1977
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1978 ⓘ |
| startTime | 19th century ⓘ |
| threatenedAction | Argentine plan to invade Chilean-held islands in 1978 ⓘ |
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Subject: Beagle conflict Description of subject: The Beagle conflict was a territorial dispute between Argentina and Chile over islands and maritime boundaries in the Beagle Channel at the southern tip of South America.
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