Zinal Glacier
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Zinal Glacier is a major valley glacier in the Swiss Alps, renowned for its dramatic ice flows and surrounding high peaks in the Valais region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Zinal Glacier canonical | 3 |
| Zinal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21646119 — 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: Zinal Glacier Context triple: [White Tooth, overlooks, Zinal Glacier]
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Ortler Glacier
Ortler Glacier is a prominent alpine glacier in the Ortler Alps of northern Italy, known for its high elevation, extensive ice fields, and location within Stelvio National Park.
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Pizol glacier
Pizol glacier is a small Alpine glacier in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen that has become a notable symbol of glacial retreat and climate change in the Eastern Alps.
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C.
Stubai Glacier
Stubai Glacier is a major ski and glacier area in the Austrian Alps, known for its extensive high-altitude slopes and year-round skiing opportunities.
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D.
Upper Theodul Glacier
Upper Theodul Glacier is the higher-elevation section of the Theodul Glacier in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy.
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E.
Zinal
Zinal is a picturesque alpine village and ski resort in the Swiss canton of Valais, nestled in the Val d’Anniviers and surrounded by several major 4,000-meter peaks.
- 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: Zinal Glacier Target entity description: Zinal Glacier is a major valley glacier in the Swiss Alps, renowned for its dramatic ice flows and surrounding high peaks in the Valais region.
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A.
Ortler Glacier
Ortler Glacier is a prominent alpine glacier in the Ortler Alps of northern Italy, known for its high elevation, extensive ice fields, and location within Stelvio National Park.
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B.
Pizol glacier
Pizol glacier is a small Alpine glacier in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen that has become a notable symbol of glacial retreat and climate change in the Eastern Alps.
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C.
Stubai Glacier
Stubai Glacier is a major ski and glacier area in the Austrian Alps, known for its extensive high-altitude slopes and year-round skiing opportunities.
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D.
Upper Theodul Glacier
Upper Theodul Glacier is the higher-elevation section of the Theodul Glacier in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy.
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E.
Zinal
Zinal is a picturesque alpine village and ski resort in the Swiss canton of Valais, nestled in the Val d’Anniviers and surrounded by several major 4,000-meter peaks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Zinal Glacier