glacial system of Alexander Island
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The glacial system of Alexander Island is the interconnected network of glaciers and ice formations that cover much of Alexander Island in Antarctica, shaping its landscape and feeding surrounding ice shelves and coastal areas.
All labels observed (1)
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| glacial system of Alexander Island canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21978979 — 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: glacial system of Alexander Island Context triple: [Uranus Glacier, partOf, glacial system of Alexander Island]
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A.
Shirase Coast glaciers
Shirase Coast glaciers are a group of Antarctic glaciers that drain into the Ross Ice Shelf along the Shirase Coast of Marie Byrd Land.
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B.
Palmer Glacier
Palmer Glacier is a year-round snowfield and ski training area located high on the slopes of Mount Hood in northern Oregon.
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C.
Malaspina Glacier
Malaspina Glacier is a massive piedmont glacier in southeastern Alaska, known for its broad, fan-shaped spread where it flows out of the Saint Elias Mountains toward the Gulf of Alaska.
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D.
Andromeda Glacier
Andromeda Glacier is a major outlet glacier of the Columbia Icefield in the Canadian Rockies, known for its dramatic ice flows and alpine scenery.
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E.
Shackleton Glacier region
The Shackleton Glacier region is an area of Antarctica centered around the Shackleton Glacier, a major outlet glacier draining the polar plateau through the Transantarctic Mountains toward the Ross Ice Shelf.
- 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: glacial system of Alexander Island Target entity description: The glacial system of Alexander Island is the interconnected network of glaciers and ice formations that cover much of Alexander Island in Antarctica, shaping its landscape and feeding surrounding ice shelves and coastal areas.
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A.
Shirase Coast glaciers
Shirase Coast glaciers are a group of Antarctic glaciers that drain into the Ross Ice Shelf along the Shirase Coast of Marie Byrd Land.
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B.
Palmer Glacier
Palmer Glacier is a year-round snowfield and ski training area located high on the slopes of Mount Hood in northern Oregon.
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C.
Malaspina Glacier
Malaspina Glacier is a massive piedmont glacier in southeastern Alaska, known for its broad, fan-shaped spread where it flows out of the Saint Elias Mountains toward the Gulf of Alaska.
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D.
Andromeda Glacier
Andromeda Glacier is a major outlet glacier of the Columbia Icefield in the Canadian Rockies, known for its dramatic ice flows and alpine scenery.
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E.
Shackleton Glacier region
The Shackleton Glacier region is an area of Antarctica centered around the Shackleton Glacier, a major outlet glacier draining the polar plateau through the Transantarctic Mountains toward the Ross Ice Shelf.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.