KangshungGlacier
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Kangshung Glacier is a major glacier on the eastern face of Mount Everest in Tibet, known for draining the mountain’s remote and less-climbed Kangshung Face.
All labels observed (1)
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| KangshungGlacier canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22388850 — 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: KangshungGlacier Context triple: [Geography of Mount Everest, includesFeature, KangshungGlacier]
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A.
East Rongbuk Glacier
East Rongbuk Glacier is a major glacier on the northern slopes of Mount Everest in Tibet, forming part of the primary approach route for climbers from the north side.
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B.
Shkhara Glacier
Shkhara Glacier is a prominent mountain glacier in the Greater Caucasus, flowing from the slopes of Mount Shkhara near the Georgia–Russia border.
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C.
Khumbu Glacier
Khumbu Glacier is a major Himalayan glacier in northeastern Nepal, renowned as the primary icefall route for climbers ascending Mount Everest.
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D.
Hispar Glacier
Hispar Glacier is one of the longest non-polar glaciers in the world, located in Pakistan’s Karakoram range and known for forming the high-altitude Hispar–Biafo glacial traverse.
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E.
Batura Glacier
Batura Glacier is one of the largest and longest glaciers outside the polar regions, located in the Karakoram range of northern Pakistan.
- 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: KangshungGlacier Target entity description: Kangshung Glacier is a major glacier on the eastern face of Mount Everest in Tibet, known for draining the mountain’s remote and less-climbed Kangshung Face.
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A.
East Rongbuk Glacier
East Rongbuk Glacier is a major glacier on the northern slopes of Mount Everest in Tibet, forming part of the primary approach route for climbers from the north side.
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B.
Shkhara Glacier
Shkhara Glacier is a prominent mountain glacier in the Greater Caucasus, flowing from the slopes of Mount Shkhara near the Georgia–Russia border.
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C.
Khumbu Glacier
Khumbu Glacier is a major Himalayan glacier in northeastern Nepal, renowned as the primary icefall route for climbers ascending Mount Everest.
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D.
Hispar Glacier
Hispar Glacier is one of the longest non-polar glaciers in the world, located in Pakistan’s Karakoram range and known for forming the high-altitude Hispar–Biafo glacial traverse.
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E.
Batura Glacier
Batura Glacier is one of the largest and longest glaciers outside the polar regions, located in the Karakoram range of northern Pakistan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.