Oberalp Pass

E409970

mountain pass transport route

Oberalp Pass is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting the cantons of Graubünden and Uri, known for its scenic road and railway route.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Oberalp Pass canonical	7
Oberalp Pass road	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4062057 — 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: Oberalp Pass
Context triple: [Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, routePassesThrough, Oberalp Pass]

A. Bernina Pass
Bernina Pass is a high Alpine pass in the Bernina Range that connects the Engadin valley in Switzerland with the Italian-speaking Valtellina, known for its dramatic mountain scenery and the Bernina railway route.
B. Brünig Pass
Brünig Pass is a mountain pass in central Switzerland that connects the cantons of Obwalden and Bern, serving as an important road and rail route through the Alps.
C. Grimsel Pass
Grimsel Pass is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps that connects the cantons of Bern and Valais and is known for its dramatic alpine scenery, reservoirs, and winding road popular with motorists and cyclists.
D. Simplon Pass
Simplon Pass is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps that connects the canton of Valais with northern Italy and has long been an important trans-Alpine trade and travel route.
E. Lötschberg Pass
Lötschberg Pass is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps that historically served as an important north–south transit route between the cantons of Bern and Valais.
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: Oberalp Pass
Target entity description: Oberalp Pass is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting the cantons of Graubünden and Uri, known for its scenic road and railway route.

A. Bernina Pass
Bernina Pass is a high Alpine pass in the Bernina Range that connects the Engadin valley in Switzerland with the Italian-speaking Valtellina, known for its dramatic mountain scenery and the Bernina railway route.
B. Brünig Pass
Brünig Pass is a mountain pass in central Switzerland that connects the cantons of Obwalden and Bern, serving as an important road and rail route through the Alps.
C. Grimsel Pass
Grimsel Pass is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps that connects the cantons of Bern and Valais and is known for its dramatic alpine scenery, reservoirs, and winding road popular with motorists and cyclists.
D. Simplon Pass
Simplon Pass is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps that connects the canton of Valais with northern Italy and has long been an important trans-Alpine trade and travel route.
E. Lötschberg Pass
Lötschberg Pass is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps that historically served as an important north–south transit route between the cantons of Bern and Valais.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain pass ⓘ transport route ⓘ
belongsToNetwork	Swiss railway network ⓘ Swiss motorway network ⓘ surface form: Swiss road network
connects	Andermatt NERFINISHED ⓘ Disentis/Mustér ⓘ canton of Graubünden NERFINISHED ⓘ canton of Uri ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
gaugeOfRailway	metre gauge ⓘ
hasElevation	approximately 2044 metres above sea level ⓘ
hasLanguageRegion	German-speaking Switzerland ⓘ
hasRailway	Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn ⓘ
hasRoad	Oberalp Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oberalp Pass road
hasStructure	Oberalpsee (nearby lake) ⓘ lighthouse at Oberalp Pass ⓘ
hasTouristService	Glacier Express ⓘ surface form: Glacier Express panoramic train regional trains of Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn ⓘ
highestPointOf	Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn network NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	mountain scenery ⓘ panoramic railway route ⓘ scenic road ⓘ scenic views ⓘ
locatedIn	Swiss Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInCanton	Graubünden NERFINISHED ⓘ Uri ⓘ
locatedOn	European continental divide (nearby region) ⓘ
near	Rhine headwaters region ⓘ source area of the Rhine ⓘ
partOf	Alps ⓘ transalpine connection between central Switzerland and Graubünden ⓘ
partOfRoute	Furka–Oberalp railway line NERFINISHED ⓘ Glacier Express ⓘ surface form: Glacier Express route
railwayOperator	Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn NERFINISHED ⓘ
railwaySeasonalStatus	railway operates year-round (with winter adaptations) ⓘ
railwayType	narrow-gauge railway ⓘ
roadManagedBy	Swiss authorities ⓘ
roadSeasonalStatus	road usually closed in winter ⓘ
roadType	mountain road ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
traversedBy	Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn ONNED1 ⓘ road ⓘ
usedFor	rail transport ⓘ road transport ⓘ scenic travel ⓘ tourism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn → routePassesThrough → Oberalp Pass ⓘ

Urseren-Goms region → hasPass → Oberalp Pass ⓘ

Lepontine Alps → notablePass → Oberalp Pass ⓘ

Uri → containsPass → Oberalp Pass ⓘ

Andermatt-Sedrun-Disentis ski area → hasResortSection → Oberalp Pass ⓘ

Andermatt-Sedrun-Disentis ski area → connectedBy → Oberalp Pass ⓘ

Andermatt-Sedrun-Disentis ski area → nearMountainPass → Oberalp Pass ⓘ

Disentis/Mustér → roadConnection → Oberalp Pass ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oberalp Pass road

Oberalp Pass → hasRoad → Oberalp Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ