Arctic Cordillera
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The Arctic Cordillera is a remote mountain system in northeastern Canada characterized by rugged peaks, extensive glaciation, and some of the country’s highest and most northerly ranges.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arctic Cordillera canonical | 8 |
| Arctic Cordillera mountain system | 3 |
| Baffin Mountains | 2 |
| Arctic Cordillera (broad sense) | 1 |
| Arctic Cordillera region | 1 |
| eastern Arctic Cordillera | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1857169 — 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.
Target entity: Arctic Cordillera Context triple: [Mount Caubvick, partOf, Arctic Cordillera]
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North American Cordillera
The North American Cordillera is the vast, complex chain of mountain ranges running along western North America from Alaska through Canada and the United States into Mexico, encompassing systems such as the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada.
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Brooks Range
The Brooks Range is a remote mountain range in northern Alaska known for its rugged peaks, Arctic landscapes, and largely untouched wilderness.
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C.
Arctic Archipelago
The Arctic Archipelago is a vast group of remote, largely ice-covered islands in the far northern reaches of Canada, known for its extreme polar climate and fragile Arctic ecosystems.
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Yukon Ranges
The Yukon Ranges are a series of rugged mountain ranges in Canada’s Yukon Territory, known for their remote wilderness, glaciated peaks, and role as part of the broader Pacific mountain system.
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E.
Chukchi Plateau
The Chukchi Plateau is a large underwater continental shelf feature in the Arctic Ocean, extending northward from the Chukchi Sea off Alaska and Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Arctic Cordillera Target entity description: The Arctic Cordillera is a remote mountain system in northeastern Canada characterized by rugged peaks, extensive glaciation, and some of the country’s highest and most northerly ranges.
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A.
North American Cordillera
The North American Cordillera is the vast, complex chain of mountain ranges running along western North America from Alaska through Canada and the United States into Mexico, encompassing systems such as the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada.
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B.
Brooks Range
The Brooks Range is a remote mountain range in northern Alaska known for its rugged peaks, Arctic landscapes, and largely untouched wilderness.
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C.
Arctic Archipelago
The Arctic Archipelago is a vast group of remote, largely ice-covered islands in the far northern reaches of Canada, known for its extreme polar climate and fragile Arctic ecosystems.
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D.
Yukon Ranges
The Yukon Ranges are a series of rugged mountain ranges in Canada’s Yukon Territory, known for their remote wilderness, glaciated peaks, and role as part of the broader Pacific mountain system.
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E.
Chukchi Plateau
The Chukchi Plateau is a large underwater continental shelf feature in the Arctic Ocean, extending northward from the Chukchi Sea off Alaska and Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mountain range
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physiographic region ⓘ |
| administrativeRegion |
Nunavik
ⓘ
Nunavut ⓘ |
| biome | Arctic tundra ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Arctic Ocean
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Baffin Bay ⓘ Lancaster Sound ⓘ |
| climateType |
polar
ⓘ
tundra ⓘ |
| contains |
Arctic coastal fiords
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Axel Heiberg Island ⓘ Baffin Island ⓘ Barnes Ice Cap ⓘ British Empire Range ⓘ Bylot Island ⓘ Challenger Mountains ⓘ Devon Island ⓘ Ellesmere Island ⓘ Grant Land Mountains ⓘ Penny Ice Cap ⓘ Princess Margaret Range ⓘ Sydkap Fiord region ⓘ United States Range ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| dominantRockType |
igneous rock
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metamorphic rock ⓘ sedimentary rock ⓘ |
| elevation | 2616 m ⓘ |
| extendsAlong |
eastern Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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northeastern rim of North America ⓘ |
| fauna |
Arctic fox
ⓘ
Lepus ⓘ
surface form:
Arctic hare
caribou ⓘ muskox ⓘ polar bear ⓘ ringed seal ⓘ seabirds ⓘ |
| geologicalAge |
Mesozoic Era
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surface form:
Mesozoic
Paleozoic ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
extensive glaciation
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ice caps ⓘ includes some of the highest mountains in eastern North America ⓘ nunataks ⓘ one of Canada’s most northerly mountain systems ⓘ permafrost ⓘ polar desert climate ⓘ remote ⓘ rugged peaks ⓘ steep-sided fjords ⓘ valley glaciers ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Barbeau Peak ⓘ |
| humanPopulationDensity | very low ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic Cordillera
self-linksurface differs
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northeastern Canada ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | North America ⓘ |
| orogeny | Innuitian orogeny ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pacific Ring of Fire
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surface form:
Circum-Pacific orogenic belt
North American Cordillera ⓘ |
| protectedAreaIncludes |
Auyuittuq National Park
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Quttinirpaaq National Park ⓘ Sirmilik National Park ⓘ |
| usedFor |
climate change monitoring
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glaciological studies ⓘ scientific research ⓘ |
| vegetation |
cold-adapted shrubs
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lichens ⓘ mosses ⓘ sparse tundra vegetation ⓘ |
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Subject: Arctic Cordillera Description of subject: The Arctic Cordillera is a remote mountain system in northeastern Canada characterized by rugged peaks, extensive glaciation, and some of the country’s highest and most northerly ranges.
Referenced by (16)
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