Kohler Glacier
E181783
Kohler Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier in West Antarctica that drains into the Amundsen Sea and contributes to the region’s rapidly changing ice sheet dynamics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kohler Glacier canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1346043 — 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: Kohler Glacier Context triple: [Amundsen Sea, hasGlacier, Kohler Glacier]
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A.
Skinner Glacier
Skinner Glacier is a glacier associated with the Three Sisters region, known as part of the glaciated landscape surrounding this notable mountain group.
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B.
Steffen Glacier
Steffen Glacier is a major outlet glacier draining the Northern Patagonian Ice Field in southern Chile, known for its remote location and contribution to regional freshwater and sea-level changes.
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C.
Shoup Glacier
Shoup Glacier is a tidewater glacier in Alaska known for its dramatic ice formations and scenic fjord setting near Prince William Sound.
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D.
Linton Glacier
Linton Glacier is a glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon, known for its alpine ice and role in local hydrology.
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E.
Warren Glacier
Warren Glacier is a mountain glacier situated on the slopes of Mount Garibaldi in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada.
- 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: Kohler Glacier Target entity description: Kohler Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier in West Antarctica that drains into the Amundsen Sea and contributes to the region’s rapidly changing ice sheet dynamics.
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A.
Skinner Glacier
Skinner Glacier is a glacier associated with the Three Sisters region, known as part of the glaciated landscape surrounding this notable mountain group.
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B.
Steffen Glacier
Steffen Glacier is a major outlet glacier draining the Northern Patagonian Ice Field in southern Chile, known for its remote location and contribution to regional freshwater and sea-level changes.
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C.
Shoup Glacier
Shoup Glacier is a tidewater glacier in Alaska known for its dramatic ice formations and scenic fjord setting near Prince William Sound.
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D.
Linton Glacier
Linton Glacier is a glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon, known for its alpine ice and role in local hydrology.
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E.
Warren Glacier
Warren Glacier is a mountain glacier situated on the slopes of Mount Garibaldi in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Antarctic glacier
ⓘ
glacier ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
changes in Amundsen Sea circulation
ⓘ
climate change ⓘ ocean warming ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
ice mass loss from West Antarctica
ⓘ
sea level rise potential ⓘ |
| country |
Antarctica
ⓘ
surface form:
Antarctica (no sovereign state)
|
| drainsInto | Amundsen Sea ⓘ |
| governedBy | Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ |
| hasBoundary | grounding line at Amundsen Sea ⓘ |
| hasClimate | Antarctic climate ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | polar ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
ice drainage basin
ⓘ
ice stream ⓘ |
| hasHydrology | glacial ⓘ |
| hasMaterial | ice ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | flows toward the Amundsen Sea coast ⓘ |
| hasProcess |
basal melting
ⓘ
calving ⓘ ice deformation ⓘ ice flow toward Amundsen Sea ⓘ ice sliding over bedrock ⓘ |
| hasProperty | major drainage outlet of West Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ |
| hasResearchField |
climate science
ⓘ
cryosphere science ⓘ glaciology ⓘ |
| hasRisk |
grounding line retreat
ⓘ
potential dynamic thinning ⓘ |
| hasScientificSignificance |
important for projections of global sea level
ⓘ
important for studies of ice sheet dynamics ⓘ indicator of West Antarctic Ice Sheet stability ⓘ |
| hasStatus | dynamically active glacier ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceType | ice ⓘ |
| isInRegion |
Marie Byrd Land
ⓘ
surface form:
Marie Byrd Land region of West Antarctica
|
| isMonitoredBy |
altimetry measurements
ⓘ
ice-penetrating radar ⓘ satellite remote sensing ⓘ |
| isPartOfSystem |
Antarctic cryosphere
ⓘ
global climate system ⓘ |
| locatedIn | West Antarctica ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Antarctica ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pine Island Glacier
ⓘ
surface form:
Amundsen Sea Embayment glacial system
Amundsen Sea ⓘ
surface form:
Amundsen Sea sector
West Antarctica ⓘ
surface form:
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kohler Glacier Description of subject: Kohler Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier in West Antarctica that drains into the Amundsen Sea and contributes to the region’s rapidly changing ice sheet dynamics.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.