Great Sandy Strait
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Great Sandy Strait is a shallow, biodiverse waterway and protected marine area separating K'gari (Fraser Island) from mainland Queensland, Australia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Sandy Strait canonical | 21 |
| Great Sandy Strait basin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4123540 — 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: Great Sandy Strait Context triple: [Great Sandy Region, contains, Great Sandy Strait]
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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.
Haro Strait
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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C.
Juan de Fuca Strait
Juan de Fuca Strait is a major marine channel separating Vancouver Island in Canada from Washington State in the United States, forming part of the entrance to the Salish Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Great Sandy Strait Target entity description: Great Sandy Strait is a shallow, biodiverse waterway and protected marine area separating K'gari (Fraser Island) from mainland Queensland, Australia.
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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.
Haro Strait
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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C.
Juan de Fuca Strait
Juan de Fuca Strait is a major marine channel separating Vancouver Island in Canada from Washington State in the United States, forming part of the entrance to the Salish Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal waterway
ⓘ
marine protected area ⓘ strait ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Hervey Bay
ⓘ
K'gari (Fraser Island) ⓘ
linked to:
Fraser Island
Tin Can Bay ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| governedBy | Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
biodiverse
ⓘ
estuarine ⓘ shallow ⓘ tidal ⓘ |
| hasConservationValue |
high biodiversity
ⓘ
important nursery area for marine species ⓘ |
| hasDesignation | Wetland of International Importance ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType |
mangrove forests
ⓘ
mudflats ⓘ saltmarsh ⓘ sandflats ⓘ seagrass meadows ⓘ |
| hasNearbyTown |
Hervey Bay
ⓘ
Maryborough ⓘ Rainbow Beach ⓘ Tin Can Bay ⓘ |
| hasThreat |
boat strike on marine fauna
ⓘ
climate change ⓘ coastal development ⓘ water pollution ⓘ |
| isHabitatFor |
crustaceans
ⓘ
dolphins ⓘ dugongs ⓘ fish ⓘ marine turtles ⓘ migratory shorebirds ⓘ |
| isImportantFor |
East Asian–Australasian Flyway migratory birds
ⓘ
fisheries ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Great Sandy Marine Park ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
ecotourism
ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ recreational fishing ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hervey Bay region
ⓘ
linked to:
Fraser Coast Region
Queensland ⓘ |
| partOf |
Fraser Coast region
ⓘ
linked to:
Fraser Coast Region
|
| protectionStatus |
Ramsar wetland
ⓘ
linked to:
Ramsar Wetland of International Importance
marine park ⓘ |
| RamsarListingYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| RamsarSiteNumber | 992 ⓘ |
| separates |
K'gari (Fraser Island)
ⓘ
linked to:
Fraser Island
Queensland mainland ⓘ
linked to:
Queensland
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Great Sandy Strait Description of subject: Great Sandy Strait is a shallow, biodiverse waterway and protected marine area separating K'gari (Fraser Island) from mainland Queensland, Australia.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Great Sandy Strait