Glacier de Leschaux
E326310
Glacier de Leschaux is a major valley glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its dramatic ice flows and access to classic alpine climbing routes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glacier de Leschaux canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2947547 — 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: Glacier de Leschaux Context triple: [Mont-Blanc glacial system, hasPart, Glacier de Leschaux]
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Glacier de Tré-la-Tête
Glacier de Tré-la-Tête is a major valley glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its extensive ice cover and role in regional hydrology and mountaineering.
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Glacier des Bossons
Glacier des Bossons is a prominent valley glacier on the French side of the Mont Blanc massif, known for descending close to the Chamonix valley and being one of the most visible glaciers in the Alps.
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C.
Glacier de Bionnassay
Glacier de Bionnassay is a prominent alpine glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its steep icefalls and dramatic descent toward the Bionnassay valley.
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D.
Glacier d’Ossoue
Glacier d’Ossoue is a prominent glacier on the north face of the Vignemale massif in the central Pyrenees, known as one of the largest and most studied glaciers in the range.
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E.
Glacier de Taconnaz
Glacier de Taconnaz is a major Alpine glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its steep icefalls and proximity to the Chamonix valley.
- 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: Glacier de Leschaux Target entity description: Glacier de Leschaux is a major valley glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its dramatic ice flows and access to classic alpine climbing routes.
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A.
Glacier de Tré-la-Tête
Glacier de Tré-la-Tête is a major valley glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its extensive ice cover and role in regional hydrology and mountaineering.
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B.
Glacier des Bossons
Glacier des Bossons is a prominent valley glacier on the French side of the Mont Blanc massif, known for descending close to the Chamonix valley and being one of the most visible glaciers in the Alps.
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C.
Glacier de Bionnassay
Glacier de Bionnassay is a prominent alpine glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its steep icefalls and dramatic descent toward the Bionnassay valley.
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D.
Glacier d’Ossoue
Glacier d’Ossoue is a prominent glacier on the north face of the Vignemale massif in the central Pyrenees, known as one of the largest and most studied glaciers in the range.
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E.
Glacier de Taconnaz
Glacier de Taconnaz is a major Alpine glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its steep icefalls and proximity to the Chamonix valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier
ⓘ
valley glacier ⓘ |
| accessPoint |
Montenvers Railway
ⓘ
surface form:
Montenvers railway
Refuge de Leschaux ⓘ |
| affectedBy | climate change ⓘ |
| climbingAccessTo |
Aiguille de Leschaux
ⓘ
Aiguille de Talèfre ⓘ Aiguille de l'Éboulement ⓘ Grandes Jorasses north face ⓘ Grandes Jorasses ⓘ
surface form:
Petites Jorasses
|
| connectedTo | Mer de Glace ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| department | Haute-Savoie ⓘ |
| drainageBasin |
Arve river basin
ⓘ
Arveyron river basin ⓘ |
| flowsFrom | Mont Blanc massif ⓘ |
| flowsTowards | Mer de Glace ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
heavily crevassed lower glacier
ⓘ
icefall sections ⓘ surrounding granite walls ⓘ |
| hasMountainHut | Refuge de Leschaux ⓘ |
| hasStatus | retreating glacier ⓘ |
| hazard |
avalanches
ⓘ
crevasses ⓘ serac fall ⓘ |
| knownFor |
access to classic north faces
ⓘ
alpine climbing routes ⓘ dramatic ice flows ⓘ |
| language | fr ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
French Alps
ⓘ
Mont Blanc massif ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Mont Blanc massif protected area ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Alps ⓘ |
| nearestTown |
Chamonix
ⓘ
surface form:
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
|
| partOf |
Mont-Blanc glacial system
ⓘ
surface form:
Mont Blanc glacial system
|
| region |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
ⓘ
surface form:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
|
| subjectOf |
alpine climbing guidebooks
ⓘ
glaciological studies ⓘ |
| terrainType | high alpine ⓘ |
| typicalActivitySeason |
early autumn
ⓘ
summer ⓘ |
| usedFor |
glacier travel training
ⓘ
ice climbing ⓘ mountaineering ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Glacier de Leschaux Description of subject: Glacier de Leschaux is a major valley glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its dramatic ice flows and access to classic alpine climbing routes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.