Barrow Strait
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Barrow Strait is a navigable Arctic waterway in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago that forms part of the Northwest Passage between major islands such as Devon and Cornwallis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Barrow Strait canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4114018 — 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: Barrow Strait Context triple: [Lancaster Sound, connectsTo, Barrow Strait]
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A.
Nares Strait
Nares Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway between Greenland and Canada that links the Lincoln Sea to Baffin Bay and forms part of the Northwest Passage region.
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B.
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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C.
Quark Strait
Quark Strait is a narrow waterway in the northern Baltic Sea that separates parts of Sweden and Finland and connects the Bothnian Sea with the Bothnian Bay.
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D.
Blackett Strait
Blackett Strait is a narrow waterway in the Solomon Islands, situated between islands of the New Georgia group and noted for its strategic role in naval operations during World War II.
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E.
Krusenstern Strait
Krusenstern Strait is a sea passage in the Kuril Islands chain that separates two of the islands and connects parts of the northwest Pacific waters.
- 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: Barrow Strait Target entity description: Barrow Strait is a navigable Arctic waterway in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago that forms part of the Northwest Passage between major islands such as Devon and Cornwallis.
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A.
Nares Strait
Nares Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway between Greenland and Canada that links the Lincoln Sea to Baffin Bay and forms part of the Northwest Passage region.
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B.
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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C.
Quark Strait
Quark Strait is a narrow waterway in the northern Baltic Sea that separates parts of Sweden and Finland and connects the Bothnian Sea with the Bothnian Bay.
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D.
Blackett Strait
Blackett Strait is a narrow waterway in the Solomon Islands, situated between islands of the New Georgia group and noted for its strategic role in naval operations during World War II.
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E.
Krusenstern Strait
Krusenstern Strait is a sea passage in the Kuril Islands chain that separates two of the islands and connects parts of the northwest Pacific waters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arctic waterway
ⓘ
strait ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Qikiqtaaluk Region ONNED1 ⓘ |
| bodyOfWater | Arctic Ocean ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Lancaster Sound
ⓘ
Peel Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ Viscount Melville Sound ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| hasClimate | polar climate ⓘ |
| hasEcologicalSignificance | marine wildlife habitat ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
pack ice
ⓘ
strong currents ⓘ |
| hasNavigationCondition | ice-choked in winter ⓘ |
| hasSeaIce | seasonal ⓘ |
| historicalUse | route for Arctic exploration ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic Archipelago
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Nunavut ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | Somerset Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf |
Cornwallis Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Devon Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John Barrow ⓘ |
| navigable | true ⓘ |
| partOf | Northwest Passage ⓘ |
| region | High Arctic ⓘ |
| separates |
Cornwallis Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Devon Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Somerset Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Arctic shipping route
ⓘ
Northwest Passage ⓘ
surface form:
Northwest Passage navigation
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| waterwayType | marine channel ⓘ |
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: Barrow Strait Description of subject: Barrow Strait is a navigable Arctic waterway in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago that forms part of the Northwest Passage between major islands such as Devon and Cornwallis.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.