Glacier des Grands Couloirs
E444669
Glacier des Grands Couloirs is a prominent alpine glacier on the north face of the Grande Casse in the Vanoise massif of the French Alps, known for its steep couloir routes popular with mountaineers and skiers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Glacier des Grands Couloirs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4466676 — 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 des Grands Couloirs Context triple: [Grande Casse, hasGlacier, Glacier des Grands Couloirs]
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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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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.
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C.
Glacier de la Brenva
Glacier de la Brenva is a major valley glacier on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif, known for its dramatic icefalls and historic avalanches.
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D.
Glacier du Dôme
Glacier du Dôme is a high-altitude glacier on the Mont Blanc massif, contributing ice and snow to the larger Mont-Blanc glacial system in the French Alps.
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Argentière Glacier
Argentière Glacier is a major valley glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, popular for mountaineering and alpine skiing.
- 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 des Grands Couloirs Target entity description: Glacier des Grands Couloirs is a prominent alpine glacier on the north face of the Grande Casse in the Vanoise massif of the French Alps, known for its steep couloir routes popular with mountaineers and skiers.
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Glacier de la Brenva
Glacier de la Brenva is a major valley glacier on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif, known for its dramatic icefalls and historic avalanches.
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D.
Glacier du Dôme
Glacier du Dôme is a high-altitude glacier on the Mont Blanc massif, contributing ice and snow to the larger Mont-Blanc glacial system in the French Alps.
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E.
Argentière Glacier
Argentière Glacier is a major valley glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, popular for mountaineering and alpine skiing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alpine glacier
ⓘ
glacier ⓘ |
| accessFrom |
Pralognan-la-Vanoise
NERFINISHED
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Refuge du Col de la Vanoise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Alps glacial system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climateZone | alpine climate ⓘ |
| climbingGrade | high alpine difficulty ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Arc river basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalContext | Western Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
couloir terrain
ⓘ
crevasses ⓘ seracs ⓘ steep slope ⓘ |
| hasRisk |
avalanche danger
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crevasse fall risk ⓘ icefall danger ⓘ |
| hasStatus | retreating glacier ⓘ |
| knownFor |
alpine mountaineering
ⓘ
ski mountaineering ⓘ steep couloir routes ⓘ steep skiing ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
French Alps
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grande Casse NERFINISHED ⓘ Vanoise massif NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | France ⓘ |
| locatedOn | north face of the Grande Casse ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Vanoise Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Col de la Vanoise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| onRouteTo | summit of Grande Casse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | north-facing ⓘ |
| partOf | Vanoise National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Savoie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| season | most frequently climbed in late spring and early summer ⓘ |
| sportsDiscipline |
alpine skiing
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extreme skiing ⓘ high-altitude mountaineering ⓘ |
| surfaceType |
ice
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snow ⓘ |
| typicalActivity |
alpinism
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ice climbing ⓘ ski touring ⓘ |
| usedFor |
mountaineering routes to the summit of Grande Casse
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ski descents from Grande Casse ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Glacier des Grands Couloirs Description of subject: Glacier des Grands Couloirs is a prominent alpine glacier on the north face of the Grande Casse in the Vanoise massif of the French Alps, known for its steep couloir routes popular with mountaineers and skiers.
Referenced by (1)
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