Haro Strait
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Haro Strait is a major marine waterway in the Salish Sea between Vancouver Island and the San Juan Islands, forming part of the Canada–United States border and serving as an important shipping route.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Haro Strait canonical | 19 |
| Salish Sea international shipping route | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1747399 — 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: Haro Strait Context triple: [Georgia Strait, connectedTo, Haro Strait]
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Hecate Strait
Hecate Strait is a wide, shallow, and often stormy body of water separating Haida Gwaii from the mainland coast of British Columbia on Canada’s Pacific coast.
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B.
Gastineau Channel
Gastineau Channel is a narrow tidal waterway in southeastern Alaska that separates Douglas Island from the mainland and provides the waterfront setting for the city of Juneau.
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C.
McFarlane Strait
McFarlane Strait is a narrow marine passage in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, lying between Greenwich Island and neighboring islands and serving as part of an important local shipping and research route.
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D.
Lynn Canal
Lynn Canal is a long, narrow fjord in southeastern Alaska known as one of the deepest and longest fjords in North America and a key marine route for coastal communities and cruise ships.
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E.
Johnstone Strait
Johnstone Strait is a narrow, scenic waterway off the northeastern coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, renowned as a prime habitat and viewing area for orcas and other marine wildlife.
- 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: Haro Strait Target entity description: Haro Strait is a major marine waterway in the Salish Sea between Vancouver Island and the San Juan Islands, forming part of the Canada–United States border and serving as an important shipping route.
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A.
Hecate Strait
Hecate Strait is a wide, shallow, and often stormy body of water separating Haida Gwaii from the mainland coast of British Columbia on Canada’s Pacific coast.
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B.
Gastineau Channel
Gastineau Channel is a narrow tidal waterway in southeastern Alaska that separates Douglas Island from the mainland and provides the waterfront setting for the city of Juneau.
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C.
McFarlane Strait
McFarlane Strait is a narrow marine passage in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, lying between Greenwich Island and neighboring islands and serving as part of an important local shipping and research route.
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D.
Lynn Canal
Lynn Canal is a long, narrow fjord in southeastern Alaska known as one of the deepest and longest fjords in North America and a key marine route for coastal communities and cruise ships.
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E.
Johnstone Strait
Johnstone Strait is a narrow, scenic waterway off the northeastern coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, renowned as a prime habitat and viewing area for orcas and other marine wildlife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Haro Strait Description of subject: Haro Strait is a major marine waterway in the Salish Sea between Vancouver Island and the San Juan Islands, forming part of the Canada–United States border and serving as an important shipping route.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
San Juan County, Washington
this entity surface form:
Salish Sea international shipping route
subject surface form:
Sidney, British Columbia